JIN JIANGBO
b. 1972, ChinaThe artist states: “Photography to me is only an instrument of art. The world outside the shots is far more important. The many things happening in China can neither be solved simply by a photo, nor clarified by one artwork. However, there is no choice when you are an artist; art is just a weapon. When you enter the scene, you still need to do what you have to do.” From Chinese Market Scene: Prospects of the Chinese Market to Great Economic Retreat: The Dongguan Scene.
Both represent my review of the craze and spuriousness of the deceptive commodity economy. They are also a portray of the impending crisis facing China’s economy that is in the process of becoming a bubble. When the market’s “cause” of many years lead to the “effect” of declining economy today, and appear in my photographs, I see a China aspiring to prominence faced with developments and transformations in the business and industry sectors strive for new directions in strategic economic breakthrough. In the midst of such violent economic structural readjustment, a tragic and scarred economy is inevitably created.”
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