Wu Shanzhuan (born October 25, 1960) is an artist based in Hamburg. Wu was born in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province. His art is Conceptual in nature, often dealing with issues surrounding language. His work includes painting, drawing, installation, photography and performance. Wu Shanzhuan graduated from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou (now the China Academy of Art) in 1986. He moved to Europe in the late 1980s, and obtained a master’s degree from the College of Fine Arts at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg (Hochschule für Bildende Künste, 1989). He lived in Germany and Iceland for over ten years, and returned to China in 2005.

Wu Shanzhuan Quotes

1. “Democracy in China is maybe like a democracy that is separated, distributed. But in the West, maybe it’s something you go to the supermarket to buy.”
— Wu Shanzhuan

2. “Creation can always lead to dictatorship.”
— Wu Shanzhuan

3. “Every bad thing starts from creation.”
— Wu Shanzhuan

4. “To buy is to create. If you buy, then of course things will be created.”
— Wu Shanzhuan