Wentao Xu - Artist Info

About Wentao Xu

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Xu Wentao
  • Biography

    Xu Wen-Tao was born in Wuhan in 1968. He graduated from School of Oil Painting, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts with Master degree in 1999 and worked as a teacher in School of Oil Painting, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts. He also awarded the 7th Luo Zhong-Li Scholarship by Taiwan Art Foundation in 1999. Xu Wen-Tao's work is based on the human body as a medium to articulate ethical issues - values and taboos such as freedom of opinion and this manifestation of changes is a key theme for the artist.
    He questions and criticizes certain developments of contemporary social and human issues. Moreover, he wants to express another conflict: in Xu Wen-Tao's work the optical refraction is a symbol for unexpe...

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