A trapped beast fights back
"The Beast Fight" uses a highly tense visual language, placing two pandas in the center of the picture. They have a fierce appearance, entangled limbs, and black and white color blocks are as sharp as a knife, almost breaking through the circular red background. By subverting traditional symbols, the artist tore open the surface of the panda as a symbol of meekness, pointing directly to the inner struggles and confrontations of life. The panda's body twists and crosses in the fight, forming a movement trend similar to the Tai Chi pattern-black and white invade and balance each other, forming a dangerous balance in the confrontation. This is not only a competition of power, but also a mutual tearing and dependence between the two states of existence. Through the struggle of "beasts," the work metaphorically represents the eternal contradiction between self-awareness and social discipline.
Born in 1977 in Xinxiang, Henan, currently lives and works in Shanghai。
The works have been exhibited in many important academic institutions at home and abroad, including the National Art Museum of China, Nanjing Museum (Nanjing Triennale), Today Art Museum, Shanghai Art Museum, Southern Vision Art Museum, Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing Times Art Museum, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Soka Art Center, Jiyixuan, Yian Gallery, etc., as well as in important art museums, art centers, galleries, and art fairs in New York, Prague, Madrid, and other places.
Solo Exhibition:
2024 Ringing: Wang Yaqiang's Detour and Depth SoArt Shanghai
2022 Tattoo specifications: Wang Yaqiang's works exhibition, Nanjing Visual Art Museum
2013 More or less-Wang Yaqiang Solo Exhibition Beehive Contemporary Art Center Beijing
Some group exhibitions:
2025 On paper, Baolong Art Museum, Shanghai
2023 It is recommended to read the exhibition in a way that looks at the woods: Magic Stone Space Beijing
2012 Dark Energy-A Metaphor for Mysterious Poetry Today Art Museum Beijing
2010 Renovation of History Today Art Museum Beijing
Invisible Wings Beijing Times Art Museum Beijing
2009
China Box-4th Prague Biennial Prague, Czech Republic Prague
The Encounter between Japan and China-The Contemporary Art Center of China and Japan in the 21st Century Shanghai
Miami International Asian Art USA
2008
Cute China Square Space New York United States
Asian orientation-3rd Nanjing Triennial Nanjing Museum Nanjing
Future Sky-Chinese Contemporary Young Artists Nomination Exhibition Today Art Museum Beijing
Time difference: The new force of Chinese contemporary art, Marji Gallery, Madrid, Spain
China Contemporary Art Collection Exhibition Shanghai Art Museum
