Yang Maoyuan

Yang Maoyuan is a Beijing-based contemporary Chinese artist best known for his provocative sculptural works that explore themes of bodily transformation, power, and cultural identity. He gained international attention for his series of hyperrealistic horse sculptures that feature distorted, inflated animal forms, challenging perceptions of nature and artifice. His work occupies a critical space within China's contemporary art scene, engaging with questions of consumerism, spectacle, and the boundaries between the organic and the manufactured.