Cui Xiuwen
Cui Xiuwen was born 1970 BirthHeilongjiang Province, China.
Lives and works in HomeBeijing, China.
Categories: Multimedia Painting
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Since completing her degree at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, she has worked in a wide range of media, including oil painting, video and photography, often engaging themes of sexuality and gender as well as the blurred boundary between public and private. Her work has been exhibited at numerous museums, most notably at the International Center of Photography and the Asia Society in New York, the Tate Modern in London and the Pompidou Center in Paris…
"No one would know I listen to story-telling when I am working."Cui says with a laugh.“But when I’m working, I cannot hear anything. I drop the voice out of my mind."
Angel No. 1, and other works
Cui Xiuwen concealed a video camera to record the activities of young women in the ladies’ room of a Beijing karaoke club. She captures them unaware in candid moments as they inspect themselves in the mirror and prepare to return to the nightclub. The video explores the ambiguous status of the young women who frequent nightclubs and karaoke bars, who may be available not only for sitting or singing with clients but also for a range of sexual services…
Angel nr. 9
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Documents of Contemporary Art. Utopias: Throughout its diverse manifestations, the utopian entails two related but contradictory elements: the aspiration to a better world, and the acknowledgment that its form may only ever live in our imaginations. Furthermore, we are as haunted by the failures of utopian enterprise as we are inspired by the desire to repair the failed and build the new... |
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South African Art Now. South African Art Now documents, through in-depth essays and stunning full-color photographs, the remarkable work of nearly one hundred South African artists working in every medium from painting, sculpture, and video to cutting-edge performance art. This lush volume includes the impressive work of art world stars such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas; newly prominent artists such as Berni Searle, Robin Rhode, and Mustafa Maluka; and exciting newcomers still unknown outside their own country, but clearly marked for success... |
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James Rosenquist. Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art. “Frank, funny, truthful, ironic and in every way an entertaining account of one major American artist’s involvement in an art movement that interests everyone–and, more than that, of his own character. Jim Rosenquist is a true American original and his book ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand the last half-century of his country’s visual culture, high, low, and in between.” –Robert Hughes, amazon |
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