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Xingwei Wang BIOGRAPHY
Born 1969 Liaoning, Shenyang. Known for: Painting.
"To me, the difference between following and breaking rules is not so great. It is fine as long as it is done with sincerity. I do not paint for the purpose of servicing someone superior. I paint... Read full biography
"To me, the difference between following and breaking rules is not so great. It is fine as long as it is done with sincerity. I do not paint for the purpose of servicing someone superior. I paint what concerns me here and now" – Wang Xingwei. Wang Xingwei rejects elitism in art. Since the mid... Read full biography
"To me, the difference between following and breaking rules is not so great. It is fine as long as it is done with sincerity. I do not paint for the purpose of servicing someone superior. I paint what concerns me here and now" – Wang Xingwei. Wang Xingwei rejects elitism in art. Since the mid 1990s, he started appropriating classic works from art history and experimented with them in terms of concept, style, and format on a massive scale. After 2000, the visual resources from which he drew... Read full biography
"To me, the difference between following and breaking rules is not so great. It is fine as long as it is done with sincerity. I do not paint for the purpose of servicing someone superior. I paint what concerns me here and now" – Wang Xingwei. Wang Xingwei rejects elitism in art. Since the mid 1990s, he started appropriating classic works from art history and experimented with them in terms of concept, style, and format on a massive scale. After 2000, the visual resources from which he drew inspiration broadened considerably. The couple in Untitled (Small Rowboat) made repeated appearance in his works during this period. They became regular characters who frolicked in a drama staged by Wang Xingwei. The character models were borrowed from... Read full biography
"To me, the difference between following and breaking rules is not so great. It is fine as long as it is done with sincerity. I do not paint for the purpose of servicing someone superior. I paint what concerns me here and now" – Wang Xingwei. Wang Xingwei rejects elitism in art. Since the mid 1990s, he started appropriating classic works from art history and experimented with them in terms of concept, style, and format on a massive scale. After 2000, the visual resources from which he drew inspiration broadened considerably. The couple in Untitled (Small Rowboat) made repeated appearance in his works during this period. They became regular characters who frolicked in a drama staged by Wang Xingwei. The character models were borrowed from popular magazines from China during the 1980s – in order to f... Read full biography
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"To me, the difference between following and breaking rules is not so great. It is fine as long as it is done with sincerity. I do not paint for the purpose of servicing someone superior. I paint what concerns me here and now" – Wang Xingwei
Wang Xingwei rejects elitism in art. Since the mid 1990s, he started appropriating classic works from art history and experimented with them in terms of concept, style, and format on a massive scale. After 2000, the visual resources from which he drew inspiration broadened considerably. The couple in Untitled (Small Rowboat) made repeated appearance in his works during this period. They became regular characters who frolicked in a drama staged by Wang Xingwei. The character models were borrowed from popular magazines from China during the 1980s – in order to fill blank pages, publishers often inserted random illustrations. Wang Xingwei appropriated these canned comic book characters, and he further reduced, exaggerated, and distorted their modelling. At first glance, Untitled (Small Rowboat) looks like romantic scene, but the male character is eerily positioned outside of the boat. Engrossed in playing his part seriously, he does not seem to be aware of the situation.
Whimsical and absurd scenes highlight Wang Xingwei's unique visual perception and wit. In this age of image overload, he uses irrational imageries to awaken the desensitized viewers. His intentional contradictions compel the viewers to examine the nature of painting.Biography from Shanghai Hosane Auction Co., Ltd.
Born in 1969 in Liaoning, Shenyang, graduated from the College Department of Fine Arts, Shenyang University in 1990, now lives and works in Shanghai.
Personal exhibitions:
1996 Male Romantic Heroes History of the Dust, the Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing.
Group Exhibitions:
1999 48th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy; Chinese Contemporary Art Foundation Collection Exhibition, Ghent, Belgium, 2001 Between Heaven and Earth - the Art of Today's Neo-classical movement Ostend Museum of Art, Ostend, Belgium; First Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu Museum of Modern Art, Chengdu. 2002 Re-Interpretation-Chinese Contemporary Art Decade The First Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou; Mirage- Contemporary Art Exhibition, Suzhou Museum, Suzhou. 2003 Prague Biennial, Prague, Czech Republic; second-hand reality, Today Art Museum, Beijing.