Earlier this year globally acclaimed artist Guo Jian was exiled from China. His arrest came after police forced the 42-year-old to destroy his most iconic work, an apocalyptic diorama of Tiananmen Square which he slathered with ground pork meat. Jian, Chinese born but a naturalised Australian, returned to Sydney in June after being detained for two weeks in Beijing, and he is now working on his first post-exile exhibition in New York. Guo Jian's artwork 'The Square' is a huge diorama of the Beijing landmark Tiananmen Square which he slathered with ground pork meat Jian, (L) , walks to a police car in his from his studio in Beijing after he collecting his personal belongings. 20 police arrived to his studio in the middle of the night and forced him to smash the controversial artwork
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Guo Jian was forced to smash his most iconic artwork
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He feared for his life when 20 police arrested him in the middle of the night
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The Chinese government alleged he was banished over 'visa irregularities'
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But the artist is adamant it was because of his sculpture 'The Square'
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Jian is raising funds for a new project in New York called #SURRENDER
Jian says 'The Square' represents the rapid urbanisation of @placeholder, a process which frequently sees cultural landmarks demolished.