Wang is one of China's pioneering artists. Wang was a member of the experimental Stars Group of artists that formed in 1979, breaking with China's propaganda art and setting the stage for avant-garde art in China. Huang Rui and Ai Wei Wei were also members. Wang's unique wooden sculptures, including one that featured a Buddha like Mao figure, shocked the art world in Beijing. Today Wang lives in Paris and continues to work in wood. His figures ...