Xie Nanxing

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Xie Nanxing (* 1970 in Chongqing ) is a Chinese artist.

Life

Xie Nanxing was born in Chongqing in 1970. He studied at the Sichuan Art College until 1993 . He became known to a larger audience at the 48th Venice Biennale in 1999. Xie lives and works in Beijing and Chengdu .

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Xie works mostly with painting. His works are based on blurred or overexposed photos that he finds in newspapers or on television and translates into painting. He applies the colors in several thin layers so that the impression of space and depth is created.

Awards

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1999: 48th Venice Biennale
  • 2000: 3rd Shanghai Biennale
  • 2002: Painting on the move, Kunsthalle Basel
  • 2005: Xie Nanxing, Art Association Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg
  • 2005: a kind of magic, Kunstmuseum Luzern
  • 2005: Mahjong, Kunstmuseum Bern
  • 2007: documenta 12 , Kassel
  • 2007: Mahjong, Museum der Moderne Salzburg
  • 2007: China Welcomes You… Kunsthaus Graz

Works in public collections

literature

  • Michael Sullivan: Modern Chinese Artists: A Biographical Dictionary . University of California Press, 2006, ISBN 0-520-24449-4 .
  • Nataline Colonello: Xie Nanxing: Paintings 1992-2004 . Timezone 8 / Galerie Urs Meile, 2006, ISBN 988-98086-3-3 .
  • Peter Pakesch, Nataline Colonnello, Ruth Noack, Xie Nanxing: Xie Nanxing: Works 1992-2008 . Timezone 8, 2009, ISBN 978-988-18033-2-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Xie Nanxing on the website of the German-Chinese cultural network ( Memento from January 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 2, 2011
  2. ^ Xie Nanxing , Die Welt, May 22, 2005
personal data
SURNAME Xie, Nanxing
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Chongqing