Wang Keping: Sculptor of Silence and Spirit Wang Keping is a Chinese artist born in Beijing in 1950, whose distinctive sculptural practice has cemented his place as one of the foremost figures of China’s avant-garde movement. Emerging from the constellation of artists known collectively as “The Stars,” he spearheaded an audacious challenge to artistic conventions in the late 1970s and early 1980s—a period marked by profound social upheaval and intellectual ferment—establishing a singular aesthetic rooted in simplicity, expressive power, and a deep engagement with Eastern philosophical tradit…