Ai Xuan
Ai Xuan ( Chinese 艾 軒 / 艾 轩 , Pinyin Ài Xuān , born November 11, 1947 in Jinhua , Zhejiang Province ) is a Chinese painter. His preferred subjects are nomads and their children in the wintry Tibetan landscape. Art critics attribute it to Chinese neo-realism.
In 1967 he graduated from the Beijing Academy of Arts Preparatory School. In 1969 he had to do agricultural work in Tibet during the Cultural Revolution . From 1973 he was able to work as a painter in Chengdu . He won several awards. From 1984 he was a lecturer at the Beijing Art Academy . In 1987 he came to the University of Oklahoma for an exchange year as a lecturer . That year he had a solo exhibition in New York and met numerous Western colleagues. Today Ai lives in Beijing and is a member of the China Artists Association .
Ai Xuan is the son of the eminent poet Ai Qing and half-brother of the artist Ai Weiwei .
His pictures fetch record prices of up to 407,000 US dollars on the art market; they are among the most expensive pictures by living artists.
literature
- Michael Sullivan: Art and artists of twentieth-century China . University of California Press, Berkeley 1996, ISBN 0-520-07556-0 (p. 219)
Web links
- Biography of the artist (with photo) on the website of the Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Canada (English)
- Biography (with photo) on the page of the Heffner Collection , Oklahoma City (Eng.)
- Ai Xuan with illustrations on artnet
- Page of the Anna Ning Gallery, Hong Kong (with illustrations of works)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sonia Koleshnikov-Jessop: Neo-Realists in China start to earn praise at home. In: New York Times. June 8, 2007, accessed February 20, 2011.
- ^ Wall Street Journal blog, post by Alexandra A. Seno, October 13, 2010 , accessed February 20, 2011.
- ^ Page of a well-known auction house , accessed on February 20, 2011.
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SURNAME | Ai, Xuan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Jinhua , Zhejiang Province |