Made in China by Joe Black

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Made in China 现在正在伦敦展出，这个中国小兵的头像使用到了5500个中国制造生产的玩具小兵。头像来源是1938年中日战争时生活杂志的封面。这个艺术品的经销商是Jean-David Malat，他的联系方式是JDMalat@operagallery.com艺术品的作者是Joe Black，出身于1973，以前是一位成功的商业艺术家，现在创作的艺术更纯粹。艺术家倾向于用小物件制作出令人震撼的图像。一般他的作品适合站在50米以外的距离观看。

Joe Black
BIOGRAPHY

“If it’s small enough I’ll stick it down”
Born in 1973, Joe Black studied as a sculptor before moving on to illustration and working for many years as a successful commercial artist, before becoming a full time fine artist.

Now focused solely on his personal body of art, Joe Black does not refer to himself as an artist but more as an “image- maker”.

Combining his love of materials with his craft, skills, technique and a passion for perfection, each piece is painstakingly created using thousand upon thousand of ball bearings, plastic pins, badges or Lego Bricks. According to the artist himself, he will use pretty much anything small enough to build his large images and creating vast tonal effects. In addition to these contrasting tones, Joe seeks to further enhance his pieces by selecting an object that will pay tribute to the iconic imagery it creates… this is perhaps best illustrated by his use of plastic toy soldiers in his depiction of Robert Capa’s iconic boy soldier piece ‘Made in China’ (2011).

Since committing himself to the world of full-time fine art, Joe has stormed the art world, stunning it with his powerful mix of image selection and craftsmanship. He is at the vanguard of the current Pop Art movement and in the great traditions of craftsman before him; he is rigorous in his commitment to produce excellence. He demonstrates a level of skill that often falls outside the viewers’ understanding of what is possible.

A Joe Black work is generally best viewed from a 50-meter distance.

‘MADE IN CHINA’ NOW ON DISPLAY AT OPERA GALLERY LONDON

Produced using more than 5500 toy soldiers, ‘Made In China’ depicts the portrait of a Chinese soldier boy, as taken by reference photographer Robert Capa. The image was used on the front cover of LIFE magazine, January 1938 to cover the Sino Japanese War. The toy soldiers are manufactured in China, hence the title “Made in China”.

Jean-David Malat from Opera Gallery as the artist’s dealer and to mention his email

address JDMalat@operagallery.com

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