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Qiu Jie (Chinese: 邱节; born 1961) is a Chinese artist working in Switzerland, France and China. He was born in Shanghai, China.
Qiu Jie. Qiu Jie, Portrait of Mao, 2007 Lead on paper 250 x 168 cm. Qiu’s Portrait of Mao is a humorous play on words: "mao" means "cat" in Chinese. In traditional Chinese painting, an image of a cat holds special significance.
Qiu Jie, the solitary artist, who calls himself “the man who comes from other mountains”, grew up in China before moving to Switzerland in 1989. As a child during the Cultural Revolution, he produced propaganda drawings for the local newspaper in a province near Shanghai.
Masterfully blending a diverse range of cultural influences and artistic styles, Qiu Jie produces paintings and drawings filled with images from his own autobiography as well as Chinese and Western history and contemporary culture.
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Rendered with the pastoral detail and calligraphy inscription of Song Dynasty masterworks, Qiu’s drawing takes equal inspiration from eastern philosophies of beauty and wisdom and the kitsch populism of western artists such as Cassius Coolidge (of Dogs Playing Poker fame).
Qiu Jie, the solitary artist who calls himself 'the man who comes from other mountains' grew up in China before moving to Switzerland in 1989. As a child during the Cultural Revolution, he produced propaganda drawings for the local newspaper in a province near Shanghai.
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Signed with the sobriquet 'The Mountain Man Who Lives Outside His Hometown' (Taxiang shanren), Qiu Jie's works connect his accomplished draftsmanship to the style of the propaganda posters from the Cultural Revolution era.
