GUO JIAN:: The artist and his works

via Neurastenia

This painting by Guo Jian is a nice take on the Luncheon on the Grass theme.

Check out the experience on this artist's CV:

1978-9 Truck driver
1985-9 Soldier & Squad leader, People’s Liberation Army and Military Artist
1985-9 Cadre in transport company Union
1985-9 Studied at the Art Department of the Central Minorities Institute, Beijing.
Rejected job placement in countryside after participation in the 1989 hunger strike, Tiananmen Square, Beijing.
1989 Resident & Artist, Yuan Ming Yuan Artist’s Village, Beijing
1990 Residency in Beijing, in collaboration with Yuan Ming Yuan Artist’s Village