Yang Mao-Lin
ROC(Taiwan)
Yang Mao Lin (1953– ) rose in the art world during Taiwan's turbulent 1980s. In his early work, he broke through taboos and challenged political and social authority, thus revealing an intense critical attitude. Brimming with tension, his exciting painting style and sensational visual imagery subtly echoed social and political transitions as Taiwan abandoned martial law in the 1980s. In the post-martial law period of the 1990s, as globalization gradually took shape and ties between internationalism and nativism grew more complex, Yang's work shifted from political activism to historical and cultural retrospection.