Sui jianguo biography of mahatma gandhi

Chinese contemporary artist

In this Chinese name, the family name is Sui.

Sui Jianguo (Chinese: 隋建國), professor and ex-chairman of the Department of Sculpture in Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, is a contemporary Chinese artist.^[1]

Biography

Sui was born in Qingdao, China in 1956.^[2] Both of his parents were factory workers and were largely absent during his early childhood due to the workload imposed on them by the Mao government.^[3] Growing up, Sui witnessed the harsh realities of the Mao years.

During this time Maoist socialist realism became the approved art style.^[4] This style generally portrayed Maoist ideals in a romantic positive light. These images were used to create a cult of personality for Mao.

At the age of ten, schools were closed as part of the Cultural Revolution, and Sui began to work in the factories with his parents. In an interview he stated that he was “transfixed in the age of Mao