Xue song biography of albert einstein

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In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item. In this Chinese namethe family name is Xue. Badminton player. Medal record. Career [ edit ]. Achievements [ edit ]. A Dialogue with the Master No. The Dao from Nature Series No. Expressionism, Collage and the Abstract Expressionist Period Xue Song's artistic career began in Abandoning traditional realism, his early works were predominantly expressionist and abstract in style.

Visiting his studio after its destruction by fire inXue Song saw ashes scattered throughout the ruins. It inspired a new creative method that mixed ashes with paint and collaged images to form a wholly new visual style. The works of this period were still largely abstract in nature. Xue Song keenly grasped the significance of China's opening to the outside world and the rise of its metropolises in the late s.

Influenced by globalism and consumerist culture, he introduced Pop Art techniques and collaged incinerated printed scraps to create his images. His technical contributions to the technique of collage have enriched and developed the visual lexicon of Pop Art. The readymade images and texts appropriated by Xue Song cover a wide range of important contemporary social themes, objects and topics, presenting a cultural and humanist form of Pop Art that has received widespread acclaim.

Xue song biography of albert einstein

He lives in Shanghai. Ina fire destroyed all the original artworks in his studio. This traumatic episode opened a door to new art. From destruction to rebirth, like a reincarnation and cleansing. Thereafter, the artist elected to set to flames and char published pictures and texts. Through this process, he deconstructed, reconstructed and organized them on the canvas.

The collision of this wide array of disparate and diverse imagery acts as an agent of regeneration. The idiosyncratic pairing of source image fragments releases each from their original contextual meaning. It gives rise to a new understanding, linking the East and the West, historical memory and the current reality, traditional culture and modern views, which is the foundation of the unique art of Xue Song.

Professor Jeffrey Spalding is a curator, educator, museum expert, author and artist He is currently a member of the board of the International Association of Art Critics Canada. He has served in roles as director as well as chief curator at many art museums.