Art Media Agency — Gao Zhen tried in China for satirical Mao sculptures

Mao\u2019s guilt<\/em> \u2014 all produced between 2005 and 2009, prior to the law on the protection of heroes and martyrs adopted in 2018, under which he is being prosecuted.<\/p>\n

The Gao Brothers\u2019 works are held in the collections of Centre Pompidou, SFMOMA, Montreal Museum of Fine arts, Princeton University Art Museum and Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. A permanent resident of the United States since 2011, Gao Zhen relocated there in 2022 before being arrested during a visit to China in August 2024.<\/p>”,”html_fr”:”

Le sculpteur chinois Gao Zhen a \u00e9t\u00e9 jug\u00e9 \u00e0 huis clos au tribunal populaire de Sanhe, dans la province du Hebei, pour \u00ab diffamation de h\u00e9ros et martyrs nationaux \u00bb. L\u2019audience, d\u2019une seule journ\u00e9e, s\u2019ach\u00e8ve sans verdict.<\/p>\n

N\u00e9 en 1956 \u00e0 Jinan, dans la province du Shandong, Gao Zhen est dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie des beaux-arts du Shandong. Avec son fr\u00e8re Gao Qiang, il forme le duo des Fr\u00e8res Gao depuis le milieu des ann\u00e9es 1980. Les \u0153uvres incrimin\u00e9es comprennent des sculptures cr\u00e9\u00e9es par le duo \u2014 dont Mlle<\/sup> Mao<\/em>, L\u2019ex\u00e9cution du Christ<\/em> et La culpabilit\u00e9 de Mao<\/em> \u2014 toutes r\u00e9alis\u00e9es entre 2005 et 2009, ant\u00e9rieurement \u00e0 la loi sur la protection des h\u00e9ros et martyrs adopt\u00e9e en 2018 et au titre de laquelle il est poursuivi.<\/p>\n

Les \u0153uvres des Fr\u00e8res Gao figurent dans les collections du Centre Pompidou, du SFMOMA, du Montreal Museum of Fine arts, du Princeton University Art Museum ou encore du Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. R\u00e9sident permanent aux \u00c9tats-Unis depuis 2011, Gao Zhen s\u2019installait aux \u00c9tats-Unis en 2022 avant d\u2019\u00eatre arr\u00eat\u00e9 lors d\u2019une visite en Chine en ao\u00fbt 2024.<\/p>”,”html_zh”:null,”html_hk”:null,”authors”:[{“id”:”8041fcf1ede7b10f86f0c00f69c41f26″,”name_en”:”Adam Joyner”,”name_fr”:”Adam Joyner”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null}],”type_en”:”News”,”type_fr”:”News”,”type_zh”:null,”type_hk”:null,”type_id”:”70402dfefe971f43cddd748fbd7db514″,”city_en”:”Sanhe”,”city_fr”:”Sanhe”,”city_zh”:null,”city_hk”:null,”country_code”:”cn”,”tags”:[{“id”:”871d4f4c3690b41780baaf68244dc0a8″,”name_en”:”trial”,”name_fr”:”proc\u00e8s”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null},{“id”:”ba2b5dec6ece4a39885efe3e92e40be4″,”name_en”:”artist”,”name_fr”:”artiste”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null},{“id”:”f23ac670cf9f254b9e535790966bb82e”,”name_en”:”Gao Zhen”,”name_fr”:”Gao Zhen”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null}],”issues”:[],”publication”:”2026-04-01 12:00:00″,”edition”:null,”notification”:null,”removal”:null,”social”:null,”factiva”:null,”creation”:”2026-04-03 18:00:19″,”images”:[{“id”:”e92c1812a41225108c78cd4307b5eede”,”description_en”:”Gao Zhen”,”description_fr”:”Gao Zhen”,”description_zh”:null,”description_hk”:null,”copyrights_en”:”Photo Kimberli M\u00e4k\u00e4r\u00e4inen”,”copyrights_fr”:”Photo Kimberli M\u00e4k\u00e4r\u00e4inen”,”copyrights_zh”:null,”copyrights_hk”:null,”tags”:[{“id”:”e56f6d27498b620befce0717f24153cb”,”name_en”:”Gao Zhen”,”name_fr”:”Gao Zhen”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null},{“id”:”a39be829e896eb7b5d4968d3373e193e”,”name_en”:”portrait”,”name_fr”:”portrait”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null},{“id”:”d7f90bd4c244265f3294b384a6cc5054″,”name_en”:”hat”,”name_fr”:”chapeau”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null},{“id”:”effce98c1f86ac190853362afc5e96f1″,”name_en”:”blue”,”name_fr”:”bleu”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null}]},{“id”:”d9411a3cd9a14147fc47b56592e65b1d”,”description_en”:”The execution of Christ<\/em> (2005), Gao Brothers”,”description_fr”:”L\u2019ex\u00e9cution du Christ<\/em> (2005), Fr\u00e8res Gao”,”description_zh”:null,”description_hk”:null,”copyrights_en”:”ARR”,”copyrights_fr”:”DR”,”copyrights_zh”:null,”copyrights_hk”:null,”tags”:[{“id”:”f328766066835f8d4e34398fc79ec627″,”name_en”:”Gao Brothers”,”name_fr”:”Fr\u00e8res Gao”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null},{“id”:”5466350d0ac8e4b5a129d3931f045cce”,”name_en”:”installation”,”name_fr”:”installation”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null},{“id”:”491e728476e6076b7296398e450a9dcf”,”name_en”:”sculpture”,”name_fr”:”sculpture”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null},{“id”:”f741a47cc3abfef70471ea9b57eb9787″,”name_en”:”bronze”,”name_fr”:”bronze”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null},{“id”:”995689c8c92b99ccb444197976aad8b7″,”name_en”:”Jesus”,”name_fr”:”Christ”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null},{“id”:”3f75fe2203d6911def2d8bea6551be7f”,”name_en”:”rifle”,”name_fr”:”fusil”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null}]},{“id”:”dcf3f7b151c3da3863e6089833d7f262″,”description_en”:”Mao\u2019s guilt<\/em> (2009), Gao Brothers”,”description_fr”:”La culpabilit\u00e9 de Mao<\/em> (2009), Fr\u00e8res Gao”,”description_zh”:null,”description_hk”:null,”copyrights_en”:”ARR”,”copyrights_fr”:”DR”,”copyrights_zh”:null,”copyrights_hk”:null,”tags”:[{“id”:”e56f6d27498b620befce0717f24153cb”,”name_en”:”Gao Zhen”,”name_fr”:”Gao Zhen”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null},{“id”:”491e728476e6076b7296398e450a9dcf”,”name_en”:”sculpture”,”name_fr”:”sculpture”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null},{“id”:”f741a47cc3abfef70471ea9b57eb9787″,”name_en”:”bronze”,”name_fr”:”bronze”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null},{“id”:”613455b4ccfc1cc86c22cddd9c7165db”,”name_en”:”Mao Zedong”,”name_fr”:”Mao Zedong”,”name_zh”:null,”name_hk”:null}]},{“id”:”45769d6e6f21bcfad69cbdde2f915cee”,”description_en”:”Miss Mao<\/em> (2007), Gao Brothers
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