Wang Qingsong

Wang Qingsong (born 1966) is a Chinese photographer.

Early life and education He was born in Daqing, China in 1966, and grew up in Hubei. He studied at the Sichuan Academy of Art.

The Bloodstained Shirt He works mostly in China, but in 2018, he created the piece The Bloodstained Shirt while visiting Michigan. The University of Michigan Museum of Art, where the piece was shown, wrote of it, In The Bloodstained Shirt (2018), Chinese artist Wang Qingsong restages in Highland Park, Michigan, an iconic 1959 drawing by Wang Shikuo of peasants rising up against a cruel landlord and triumphantly reclaiming their right to the land. Wang’s projects are usually located in China, but while visiting southeast Michigan he was struck by the similarities between the effects of inequitable real estate development on local communities in Detroit, Highland Park, and his native Beijing. His large-scale photograph, set in an abandoned factory building in Highland Park and featuring more than seventy volunteers, collapses two moments in history to present a vivid reminder of the human consequences of the ruthless pursuit of profit and the power of collective action. The exhibition includes works created in collaboration with area residents that give voice to their concerns and their hopes for transformation and renewal.

On the Field of Hope He created his piece On the Field of Hope during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. In the summer of 2020, it was on display at the Tang Contemporary Art gallery in Beijing. The gallery wrote that his work "showcases the tension between changing societal realities and human desires, and imaginatively presents the ongoing drama that hovers between fields of the past and hopes for the future."