Catalogue of solo exhibition by Xu Hong at Art Seasons, Beijing in 2007. Garden is the theme of Xu Hong's newly-painted works. Xu depicts the distress and bewilderment of the middle-class allegorically, and the particular environment reponsible for them. His narratives are usually set in either ancient gardens or the villa of a modern middle-class family. Accoding to Wang Haizhou, Xu Hong probes into the life of the emerging Chinese middle-class from multiple aspects. He reflects on the moral dilemma, the inconsistency in inheriting Chinese tradition and culture, and the individual view of values. The present catalogue includes artist biography and essays by Zhu Qi, Wang Haizhou and Wu Liang.
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MON.XUH
Language
Chinese - Simplified
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Publication/Creation date
2007
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1
Content type
artist monograph,
catalogue
Chapter headings
Xu Hong: An Artist Looks into the Garden - ZHU Qi, 朱其
The Maze of the Middle-Class - WANG Haizhou, 王海洲
烏托邦的轉移: 從紅色幽默到綠色陽悒 (in Chinese only) - WU Liang, 吳亮
Garden: Maze of the Middle Class - Xu Hong Collection (2005-2007), 鏡花園: 中產迷津 - 徐弘作品集(2005-2007)
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