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Tamen

TAMEN+ is an art group founded by artists Lai Shengyu and Yang Xiaogang in 2002. The two artists were born in Hunan Province in 1978 and 1979 respectively. They both graduated from the Central Academy of fine arts majoring in printmaking, and both received bachelor's and master's degrees. Over the past 20 years of cooperation, the two have used ridicule, humor and interesting artistic language to present the world in the eyes of TAMEN - a chaotic and confusing world under the process of globalization. At the same time, it also shows a rejection of individualism infatuation in contemporary society. In 2013, it was selected as "25 contemporary Chinese artists you must know" by the University of California, Berkeley. In 2014, it was selected as "100 contemporary artists in the world" by the famous Chilean art magazine "arte al limit".


His works are widely published and published in thousands of professional art media at home and abroad, mainstream magazines, websites, newspapers, art galleries, etc. In 2017, he was included in the book "thirty years of Chinese performance art" by Zhu Qingsheng, a famous art historian and professor of Peking University, and commented on it. In 2016, it was supplemented and included by the famous art historian Liu Chun in his representative work "history of Chinese oil painting" published by China Youth Publishing House. As one of the most representative artists in China from 2000 to 2009, the English and French editions of the history of contemporary art in China in the 21st century published by Charta press in 2013 were included and reviewed. In 2012, the next generation: young Chinese artists, the next generation of young Chinese artists, published by Prestel, a famous German Art Publishing House, was selected as the cover and back cover works, and carried out column comments and reports. In 2010, the history of Chinese Contemporary Art: 2000-2010, compiled by Lu Peng, a famous curator and art critic, was recorded and discussed as an important contemporary artist since the 21st century.


So far, he has published 12 personal monographs, including lost paradise 1999-2009, forgotten in the Jianghu, micro thoughts - their revelation, inside and outside, and soul dialogue on canvas, and has been published in hundreds of art galleries at home and abroad.


TAMEN has held 21 personal exhibitions in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, New York, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Seoul, Brussels, Changsha, Singapore and other places, participated in hundreds of group exhibitions of art museums and important institutions around the world, and has been permanently collected by major museums and art galleries.

Important exhibitions and collections include: Katonah Art Museum in New York, Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, Washington Meridian International Space, Santa Monica Art Center in Spain, cultural center of the Spanish Embassy, Sydney white rabbit Art Museum in Australia, Singapore National Art Museum, Korean National Museum of modern art, Seoul Lake Rock Art Museum in South Korea, Seoul Art Center in South Korea, Seoul University Academy of fine arts The National Museum of modern art in Vienna, Austria, the ZKM Museum in Germany, the Amsterdam Art Museum, the ESSL Art Museum in Vienna, Austria, the European Union headquarters conference hall in Brussels, the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in Japan, the China Art Museum, the Guangdong Art Museum, the Guanshanmoon Art Museum in Shenzhen, the China Millennium Monument Art Museum in Beijing, the Beijing National Convention Center, the Beijing Today Art Museum, the Shanghai Museum of contemporary art, the Hunan Provincial Museum Hunan Changsha Tan Guobin Contemporary Art Museum, etc.

TAMEN+ is an art group founded by artists Lai Shengyu and Yang Xiaogang in 2002. The two artists were born in Hunan Province in 1978 and 1979 respectively. They both graduated from the Central Academy of fine arts majoring in printmaking, and both received bachelor's and master's degrees. Over the past 20 years of cooperation, the two have used ridicule, humor and interesting artistic language to present the world in the eyes of TAMEN - a chaotic and confusing world under the process of globalization. At the same time, it also shows a rejection of individualism infatuation in contemporary society. In 2013, it was selected as "25 contemporary Chinese artists you must know" by the University of California, Berkeley. In 2014, it was selected as "100 contemporary artists in the world" by the famous Chilean art magazine "arte al limit".


His works are widely published and published in thousands of professional art media at home and abroad, mainstream magazines, websites, newspapers, art galleries, etc. In 2017, he was included in the book "thirty years of Chinese performance art" by Zhu Qingsheng, a famous art historian and professor of Peking University, and commented on it. In 2016, it was supplemented and included by the famous art historian Liu Chun in his representative work "history of Chinese oil painting" published by China Youth Publishing House. As one of the most representative artists in China from 2000 to 2009, the English and French editions of the history of contemporary art in China in the 21st century published by Charta press in 2013 were included and reviewed. In 2012, the next generation: young Chinese artists, the next generation of young Chinese artists, published by Prestel, a famous German Art Publishing House, was selected as the cover and back cover works, and carried out column comments and reports. In 2010, the history of Chinese Contemporary Art: 2000-2010, compiled by Lu Peng, a famous curator and art critic, was recorded and discussed as an important contemporary artist since the 21st century.


So far, he has published 12 personal monographs, including lost paradise 1999-2009, forgotten in the Jianghu, micro thoughts - their revelation, inside and outside, and soul dialogue on canvas, and has been published in hundreds of art galleries at home and abroad.


TAMEN has held 21 personal exhibitions in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, New York, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Seoul, Brussels, Changsha, Singapore and other places, participated in hundreds of group exhibitions of art museums and important institutions around the world, and has been permanently collected by major museums and art galleries.

Important exhibitions and collections include: Katonah Art Museum in New York, Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, Washington Meridian International Space, Santa Monica Art Center in Spain, cultural center of the Spanish Embassy, Sydney white rabbit Art Museum in Australia, Singapore National Art Museum, Korean National Museum of modern art, Seoul Lake Rock Art Museum in South Korea, Seoul Art Center in South Korea, Seoul University Academy of fine arts The National Museum of modern art in Vienna, Austria, the ZKM Museum in Germany, the Amsterdam Art Museum, the ESSL Art Museum in Vienna, Austria, the European Union headquarters conference hall in Brussels, the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in Japan, the China Art Museum, the Guangdong Art Museum, the Guanshanmoon Art Museum in Shenzhen, the China Millennium Monument Art Museum in Beijing, the Beijing National Convention Center, the Beijing Today Art Museum, the Shanghai Museum of contemporary art, the Hunan Provincial Museum Hunan Changsha Tan Guobin Contemporary Art Museum, etc.