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Pan Gao brothers walking in street 2. Exterior of Gao Brothers gallery 3. Close of sign reading Gao Brothers Centre for Contemporary Art 4. Zoom out from brothers to installation called...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eBeijing, China, 5 December 2009 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Pan Gao brothers walking in street \u003cbr/\u003e2. Exterior of Gao Brothers gallery \u003cbr/\u003e3. Close of sign reading Gao Brothers Centre for Contemporary Art \u003cbr/\u003e4. Zoom out from brothers to installation called \"Execution of Christ\" \u003cbr/\u003e5. Various of bronze statues resembling Mao Zedong pointing rifles at a statue of Christ \u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Gao Qiang, Artist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The composition of this set was imitated from a famous painting of Manet: Execution of the Emperor Maximilian. And Manet''s painting copied the composition of Spanish artist Goya''s The Execution of the Rebels, which was about executing a group of rebels. Our work is very similar to that one in terms of composition. Yet we have converted the art form. We used the language of sculpture on this set.\" \u003cbr/\u003e7. Close of head of Christ with bronze statues resembling Mao Zedong in background\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Arthur Wang, Art curator:\u003cbr/\u003e\"And I think the point to put across really is, the way I put it is that they are really social and political activists who happen to be artists. Rather than say an artist who happens to have some political views.\" \u003cbr/\u003e9. Various of \"Miss Mao\" sculpture \u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide shot Gao Zhen sitting in front of artwork\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Gao Zhen, Artist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We think humanity is unified. Human beings share something in common. After the Cultural Revolution we started to review the things we learnt from the propaganda, and think for ourselves.\" \u003cbr/\u003e12. Various of artists driving car \u003cbr/\u003e13. Various of car stopping and Gao brothers opening gate to studio \u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (English) Gao Qiang, Artist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This work will be shown in the Kemper Museum in Kansas City next year (2010).\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Tilt down of sculpture entitled \"Catching Prostitute\" \u003cbr/\u003e16. Close of face of sculpture \u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide shot Gao brothers standing in front of painting entitled \"Meeting of Monsters\" \u003cbr/\u003e18. Various of painting entitled \"Meeting of Monsters\" \u003cbr/\u003e19. Various of artists placing head on statue of Mao Zedong entitled \"Mao''s Guilt\" \u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Gao Zhen, Artist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This studio was rented two years ago. At that time our studio in 798 was forced to shut down as the government wanted to drive us out of 798, so we prepared this studio as a backup. We have rented this one and another bigger one nearby, which you will see later. This is basically our production base. Many of our works, like these paintings and sculptures, were all finished here.\" \u003cbr/\u003e21. Various of brothers in studio filled with unfinished plaster casts of works \u003cbr/\u003e22. Close of face of statue\u003cbr/\u003e23. Tilt down from portrait of President Obama by Gao Brothers to Cheng Meixin talking \u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Cheng Meixin, Art Critic/Lecturer, College of Architecture and Arts, Dalian University of Technology:\u003cbr/\u003e\"For China''s modern art, there are not many people like the Gao brothers who have kept their accurate perspective and critical spirit. Although China has many modern artists and art styles, artists who can always hold on their spirit of independence are very, very few.\" \u003cbr/\u003e25. Pan from statue of Mao Zedong holding rifle to gallery \u003cbr/\u003e26. Zoom in to photo of woman on bike\u003cbr/\u003eThey''re the enfants terribles of the modern Chinese art scene. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Gao Brothers have been attracting the attention of not only the Chinese art world but further afield, as they prepare to take their politically-charged art to the US and Europe in 2010. \u003cbr/\u003eLoved and loathed in equal measure, the Gao brothers are certainly not worried about causing a stir. \u003cbr/\u003eIn the past they claim some of their shows have been shut down because of the politically sensitive nature of their work in China. \u003cbr/\u003eOne of their most recent creations is a selection of life-sized statues of former Communist leader Mao Zedong training rifles against a supplicant Christ. \u003cbr/\u003eGao Qiang, the younger brother, says the work has been influenced by paintings by Manet and Goya, both of which caused a stir at the time they were painted. \u003cbr/\u003e\"The composition of this set was imitated from a famous painting of Manet: Execution of the Emperor Maximilian. And Manet''s painting copied the composition of Spanish artist Goya''s The Execution of the Rebels, which was about executing a group of rebels. Our work is very similar to that one in terms of composition. Yet we have converted the art form. We used the language of sculpture on this set,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eStatues of Mao Zedong in China are revered and public criticism of the \"Great Helmsman\" is frowned upon, yet ironic criticism of China''s Communist heritage is not a new thing, especially in art circles. \u003cbr/\u003eArthur Wang, an art curator, says the Gao''s are political activists that happen to be artists. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think the point to put across really is, the way I put it is that they are really social and political activists who happen to be artists. Rather than say an artist who happens to have some political views.\" \u003cbr/\u003eSitting in one of their galleries in Beijing''s famous 798 art district, Gao Zhen says after the Cultural Revolution he started to view art beyond the confines of the state''s propaganda. \u003cbr/\u003e\"We think humanity is unified. Human beings share something in common. After the Cultural Revolution we started to review the things we learnt from the propaganda, and think for ourselves.\" \u003cbr/\u003eThey brothers claim this \"opening up\", after years in the dark, helped them to shape their artistic sense. \u003cbr/\u003eA short drive from the 798 art district, the brothers have another studio where they keep their larger works and where the produce plaster casts of their statues. \u003cbr/\u003eHere in the outskirts of the capital, the brothers are preparing to ship some of their works to the United States.\u003cbr/\u003eOne large statue which will be part of the upcoming show in the US is called \"Catching Prostitute\" and features three red guards carrying away a woman.  \u003cbr/\u003eThe brothers say the work was inspired by a photo they saw on the Internet of a sex worker being arrested. \u003cbr/\u003eElsewhere in the studio the bothers are assembling another of their controversial pieces known as \"Mao''s Guilt.\" \u003cbr/\u003eThe work features a contrite Mao Zedong holding a hand on his chest. \u003cbr/\u003eGao Zhen says this new studio is where they finish many of their works. \u003cbr/\u003e\"This studio was rented two years ago. At that time our studio in 798 was forced to shut down as the government wanted to drive us out of 798, so we prepared this studio as a backup. We have rented this one and another bigger one nearby, which you will see later. This is basically our production base. Many of our works, like these paintings and sculptures, were all finished here,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eInside one of their workshops dozens of unfinished works are lined up against the wall ahead of upcoming shows. \u003cbr/\u003eArt critic Cheng Meixin says the Gao brothers are among the few Chinese artists who have kept their independent spirit. \u003cbr/\u003e\"For China''s modern art, there are not many people like the Gao brothers who have kept their accurate perspective and critical spirit. 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