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	Chinese Contemporary Artist : Mr. Li Xiaochao

	Li Xiaochao is a Member of China Folk Artists Association. He is also Vice General Secretary of China Folk Artists Association and Member of the Political and Consulting Committee of Xianyang city. In 1986, Mr. Li Xiaochao started to publish art and pottery work in local and state-level publications. He collected information on life in middle part of Shaanxi, and created in 1989 series of paintings in black and white that related his observations. In February 1991 he published the work Memories of Childhood i n a supplement of the People's Daily called Lampoon and Humor . During the same year he finished the series of painting on life in the middle part of Shaanxi, which included spring and winter volumes. The total size of these paintings reach up to 200 meters. In March 1992, he finished the summer and autumn volumes of the same paintings series. In 1993, Mr. Li started to do pottery sculptures based on his paintings and finished in March 1994. From May to August 1995, he realized pottery sculptures based on the topics of Wedding and Funeral Ceremonies. The total number of characters represented reached more than 200. In 1997, Mr. Li Xiaochao started to create figures of the Characters of the famous novel of Bai Lu Yuan . He was invited by the Folk Arts Exhibitions held in Liaoning and Shaanxi province to show his works which was greatly acclaimed. He was also invited to attend Shaanxi Folk Arts and Arts Design Exhibition. In 2000, Mr. Li finished his large-scale series of pottery sculptures of Bai Lu Yuan . In his work, he used the dispersive art technique; an expression of country life in the middle region of Shaanxi including 3000 pottery characters, houses, tree figures arranged in 88 different scenes. His works was praised as the First Pottery Sculpture Novel and was exhibited in Germany, France and so on. In October, the pieces of Road could be found at the Los Angeles Museum. From March to August, they were exhibited in Munich, Hanover and Cologne in Germany and also in France. In June, his works was shown at DAGMARFIGL-MAZELIS in Germany. The Germany Hanoverian Museum exposed his works in July. He was also invited to Taiwan for a six months exhibition in December. In September 2001, the Art Channel of Paris came to Xianyang to make a special video on the Memory of China which was presented in Paris. Mr. Li Xiaochao was invited by China Contemporary Literature Museum to hold the Li Xiaochao's Pottery Sculpture works of Bai Lu Yuan Exhibition in Beijing in March of year 2003. He also achieved big cuprum sculptures of Old Games in Middle-Shaanxi which have been exposed in Huangcheng Xiyuan Square in Xian since March 2005. Several pieces of his work have been traveling to many different museums. Pieces such as Rebuild the Ancestral Temple, Ramming the Bounding Wall and so on were acquired by China Art Gallery. A Child carrying water, College of Bailu was acquired by China Contemporary Literature Museum, and Eight Confucians was acquired by Qingdao Sculpture Art Gallery. In 2005, China State Museum and China Century Altar Museum acquired many groups of his pottery sculptures. His works receives high praise both at home and overseas. On July 2, 2005, China Central Television Channel 4 showed the video Mud Sculpture in Casual . In June 2006, Mr. Li Xiaochao attended the auction of Midsummer Chinese Canvas and Ingenious Sculpture which was held by Beijing Poly Art Gallery, and sold his work of Teacher and Shave Hair. In October 2006, he finished his sculpture works of Qin Han Powerful Charm.

	李小超艺术简历

	李小超：中国民间文艺家协会会员；陕西省民间文艺家协会副秘书长陕西省美术家协会会员；咸阳市政协委员。 1986 年开始在市、省国家级刊物发表美术及陶塑作品。 1989 年开始收集关中乡情，创作关中乡情黑白画系列作品。 1991 年： 2 月在人民日报增刊《讽刺与幽默》发表《童年的回忆》作品十幅。 10 月，完成了长达两百米的关中风情系列黑白画春卷、冬卷。 1992 年： 3 月，完成巨幅关中风情系列黑白画长卷夏卷、秋卷。 1993 年围绕 “ 关中风情 ” 画这一主题开始创作大型陶塑系列作品 . 1994 年： 3 月 “ 关中风情 ” 系列作品创作完成。 1995 年 5 ～ 8 月完成 “ 婚喜 ” 、 “ 丧葬 ” 两个主题的系列作品，约人物二百多件。 1997 年开始创作陈忠实长篇小说《白鹿原》中的人物造型。 1998 年： 10 月应邀参加 “98 辽宁、陕西民间工艺美术精品展 ” 其作品在沈阳产生轰动效应 1999 年： 1 月应邀参加《陕西民间艺术、工艺设计作品展览》 2000 年：完成大型全景式陶塑小说《白鹿原》系列作品。陶塑《白鹿原》采取散点式的变形艺术手法，通过 88 个场景 3000 多件陶塑人物及房舍、树木、生活器具等，极富感情而又传神地概括和提纯了小说中所表现的那个时代关中农村生活的千种风情。整个作品历经百窑烧制而成，自问世以来，被评论界誉为 “ 中国第一部陶塑小说 ” ，作品先后在德国、法国等国家和地区巡回展出，并被国内外许多博物馆所收藏。 10 月，陶塑作品题为《途》被美国洛杉矶马博物馆收藏。 12 月陕西日报刊登《陶塑〈白鹿原〉将问世》专题报道。 3 ～ 8 月先后在德国的慕尼黑、汉诺威、科隆，法国展出。 6 月作品被德国慕尼黑、汉诺威的 DAGMARFIGL-MAZELIS （欧洲画廊）永久性收藏展出。 7 月陶塑作品和黑白风情画作品被德国汉博物馆收藏。 12 月作品邀请在中国台湾举办为期半年的巡回展览。 2001 年 7 月法国巴艺术频道专程来咸摄制题为《中国记忆》的陶塑专题片，并在巴黎播出。 2003 年 3 月应中国现代文学馆邀请在京举办《李小超陶塑小说〈白鹿原〉系列作品展》。 2005 年 3 月完成西安环城西苑 5 组大型铸铜雕塑 << 关中老游戏 >> 。陶塑作品被中国美术馆收藏了题为《翻修祠堂》、《围墙打夯》等十组陶塑作品。中国现代文学馆收藏题为《黑娃绞水》、《白鹿书院》两组陶塑作品。青岛雕塑艺术馆收藏题为《关中八儒》一组陶塑作品。 2005 年中国国家博物馆，中华世纪坛博物馆、保利艺术博物馆分别收藏陶塑作品多组。作品在国内外广有影响。 2005 年 7 月 2 号 , 中央电视台四套播出《随意泥塑》 2006 年 6 月参加北京保利仲夏中国油画、雕塑精品拍卖会，成功拍卖作品《教书匠》、《剃头》。２００６年 10 月完成秦汉雄风系列雕塑。