Pour beaucoup d'artistes contemporains chinois, l'iconographie de leur nation a servi de principale source d'inspiration et de création.
Shen Jingdong utilise aussi ces icônes communistes dans ses peintures et sculptures, mais il le fait d'une manière entièrement nouvelle. Il peint les soldats et l'univers qui l'a entouré durant ses seize années passées dans l'armée.
Shen Jingdong présente ses soldats dans la lumière la plus brillante avec dans son esprit les icônes de Mao Zedong, les BD Japonaises, les guerriers en terre cuite provenant de tombes anciennes et les enfants soldats dans la "Eight Route Army". Pour lui, ils ne sont pas que de simples machines à tuer, mais plutôt des objets de consommation, des jouets, sortant tout droit d'un rayon de grand magasin ou d'une chaîne de montage.
Expositions majeures :
2013 New Art Fair, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France 2012 ST-ART, Foire Internationale d'art contemporain, Strasbourg, France 2010 Lille Art Fair, Foire internationale d'art contemporain, Lille, France 2011 East/west: Visually Speaking, Frost Art Museum,Miami, FL, USA 2011 ST-ART, Foire Internationale d'art contemporain, Strasbourg, France
2010 Lille Art Fair, Foire internationale d'art contemporain, Lille, France 2010 Chasing Flames - Chinese Group Show - Zadok Art Gallery, Miami, FL 2010 State of the Dao: Chinese Contemporary Art - Lehman College Art Gallery, New York City 2010 “RESHAPING HISTORY Chinart from 2000 to 2009″ China National Convention Center Beijing, China 2009 Hero, Volta Art Fair, New York, USA, (solo) 2009 Tension at Poles – Invitational Exhibition of Works of Masters from Beijing, Chengdu, China 2009 Trust – Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, Star Factory Art Center, Beijing, China 2009 Context – Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, Beijing Foundery Museum of Art, China 2009 Memory of China – Exhibition of Chinese and Spanish Artists’ Works, Time Space in 798 Factory, Beijing, China 2009 Strength of Practice, the Third Documenta of Contemporary Chinese Prints, Nanjing Museum, China 2009 Red Memory, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China 2009 China-Korean Exchange Exposition, 798 Yan Gallery, Beijing, China 2009 Invitational Exhibition of Experimental Contemporary Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art, Songzhuang, Beijing, China 2009 Chengdu Biennale, New International Convention & Exposition Center, Chengdu, China 2009 Visual Presentation of Identity, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, Chin 2008 Heroes - ChinaSquare, New York (solo) 2008 The Most Beloved People ,Today Art Museum & New Millennium Gallery, Beijing, China (solo) 2008 Multiple Perspectives – Exhibition of 11 Chinese Contemporary Artists’ Works, Beijing You Gallery, Beijing, China 2008 Drifting – China – Korean Exchange Exposition, Top Gallery, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China 2007 Making Heroes for ten years, Beijing Imagine Gallery, China (solo) 2007 We Could Be Heroes – Shen Jingdong solo exhibition, Hong Kong Yan Gallery (solo) 2007 Progressive Action, Beijing Millennium Time Gallery, China 2007 Body ? Impression, Red Gate Gallery, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China 2007 Revolution, China Square Gallery, New York, USA 2007 Tie – Path, You Gallery, Beijing, China 2007 The Fourth China International Art Gallery expo, Beijing National Trade Center, China 2006 One painting exhibition, Beijing 88 Art Document Storehouse, China (solo) 2006 Image of Hero, Beijing Millennium Time Gallery, China (solo)
Collections publiques :
2009 Wurth Museum, Spain,»Hero», huile/toile, 100x100 cm 2007 National Art Museum of China, «Hero series», No. 12, 200x200 cm 2007 Art Retreat Museum, Singapore, «Hero series, No. 42, 200x200 cm 2006 Shanghai No.1 Art Museum, «Ceremony of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China»
