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Born 1958 Urumchi, Xinjiang Autonomous Region. Known for: Portrait, laboring figures, genre and rural scene paintings.
Xu Weixin (BORN 1958) Xu Wei Xin is a Chinese painter born in the province of Xinjiang in 1958. His work consists in particular of a series of large-scale portraits of ordinary people, as testimony... Read full biography
Xu Weixin (BORN 1958) Xu Wei Xin is a Chinese painter born in the province of Xinjiang in 1958. His work consists in particular of a series of large-scale portraits of ordinary people, as testimony of the victims of the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. He considers that the large format of... Read full biography
Xu Weixin (BORN 1958) Xu Wei Xin is a Chinese painter born in the province of Xinjiang in 1958. His work consists in particular of a series of large-scale portraits of ordinary people, as testimony of the victims of the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. He considers that the large format of his works makes them more accessible and gives them a stronger visual impact, conveying his message more effectively. The passage from the collective portrait to the individual portrait is an essential... Read full biography
Xu Weixin (BORN 1958) Xu Wei Xin is a Chinese painter born in the province of Xinjiang in 1958. His work consists in particular of a series of large-scale portraits of ordinary people, as testimony of the victims of the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. He considers that the large format of his works makes them more accessible and gives them a stronger visual impact, conveying his message more effectively. The passage from the collective portrait to the individual portrait is an essential stage in his artistic career: beyond the social entity, the community representation, he is attached to the individuality of his model, his psychological dimension. Xu Wei Xin has since been exhibited in many international museums, including the... Read full biography
Xu Weixin (BORN 1958) Xu Wei Xin is a Chinese painter born in the province of Xinjiang in 1958. His work consists in particular of a series of large-scale portraits of ordinary people, as testimony of the victims of the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. He considers that the large format of his works makes them more accessible and gives them a stronger visual impact, conveying his message more effectively. The passage from the collective portrait to the individual portrait is an essential stage in his artistic career: beyond the social entity, the community representation, he is attached to the individuality of his model, his psychological dimension. Xu Wei Xin has since been exhibited in many international museums, including the Shanghai Art Museum, the Beijing Museum of Modern Art and the National Art Museum of China. Beyond individua... Read full biography
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Xu Weixin (BORN 1958) Xu Wei Xin is a Chinese painter born in the province of Xinjiang in 1958. His work consists in particular of a series of large-scale portraits of ordinary people, as testimony of the victims of the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976.
He considers that the large format of his works makes them more accessible and gives them a stronger visual impact, conveying his message more effectively. The passage from the collective portrait to the individual portrait is an essential stage in his artistic career: beyond the social entity, the community representation, he is attached to the individuality of his model, his psychological dimension.
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