Ma Desheng
Ma Desheng has had a long and bumpy road to success. The Mainland Chinese artist is one of the founding members of the Stars Group, which organised two exhibitions in Beijing in the late 1970s that publicly challeneged the totalitarian government. These exhibitions were quickly quashed, and the authorities started monitoring Ma. In 1983, Ma fled the country and moved to Switzerland after being targeted by an “antispiritual pollution” campaign, which sought to suppress the spread of liberal ideas. He hasn't returned since—and never saw his parents again.
After a short time in Switzerland, Ma relocated to France, where his paintings and woodblock prints received critical and commercial acclaim. His works are now collected by M+ in Hong Kong, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the British Museum in London, among many other institutions.
This exhibition at 10 Chancery Lane Gallery marks the 40th anniversary of the first exhibition hosted by the Stars Group.
Until June 22. 10 Chancery Lane, Central, 2810 0065. 10chancerylanegallery.com