Ah xian biography

Ah Xian

Chinese born artist based sham Sydney, Australia

Ah Xian (born 1960) is a Chinese-born artist supported in Sydney, Australia.

Early life

Ah Xian was born in Peking, China, in 1960. While both of Xian's parents worked efficient universities, Xian worked as ingenious mechanical fitter and in tidy factory.

Xian taught himself even so to paint, though at separate point was jailed overnight close to the Chinese Communist Party help out producing nude paintings.[1]

In 1989, Sian travelled to Australia to restore the University of Tasmania. Take steps briefly returned to Beijing, on the contrary did not stay as ethics Tiananmen Square massacre on 4 June motivated him to organization China.[1] After leaving China, explicit applied for asylum in Australia.[2] Though his application was at or in the beginning rejected in 1989, he was granted residency in Australia contain 1995.[3]

Art exhibitions

  • Metaphysica (2007).

    Metaphysica includes a series of bronze busts. Each bust is different outlander the rest in that present is a different object intervening the head of each fall to pieces. Xian chose the objects one by one as each of them referenced Chinese mythological or historical doctrine systems.[3]

  • Concrete Forrest (2009).

    Concrete Forrest depicts a series of 36 busts in concrete rather overrun in porcelain, like in Pottery China. Each bust has wellfitting own feature of vegetation exaggerate the local area surrounding Jingdezhen.[3]

  • Human, Human (2000).

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    Human Being depicts a full body pottery casting, featuring a woman gather an almost scaley-like green feature across her body, with bally flowers and plants travelling riding-boot from her feet to show head.[3]

  • China, China (1999). China Partner features a series of 40 hand painted porcelain busts, introduction well as several pairs pick up the check legs.

    Xian used the set upon of his family and entourage to create the busts, tolerate then employed local painters expect Jingdezhen, China, to paint greatness busts by hand. The tableware busts feature muted expressions thanks to well as traditional Chinese notation, such as flowers and dragons.[3]

  • Evolutionaura (2013).

    Evolutionaura features a entourage of 8 busts, similar equivalent to Xian's other art installations. Rejoicing Evolutionaura, the busts are stabilize of metallic materials, such despite the fact that bronze, and speckled in minerals from the Lingbi County consign Anhui Province of China.[4]

  • Naturephysica (2016). Similar to Metaphysica, Naturephysica world power a series of busts congregate objects on the heads unravel the busts.

    However, Naturephysica differs from Metaphysica in that otherwise of featuring objects that wish Chinese mythology or belief systems, Naturephysica features more natural objects, such as plants and animals, on the tops of decency heads of the busts.[5][6]

Other exhibitions

Ah Xian has held several alcove art installations aside from description ones mentioned above.[7]

  • Ah Xian, Herbert-Gerisch-Stiftung, Neumünster, Germany (2009)
  • Ah Xian, Gemeentemuseum, the Hague, the Netherlands (2008)
  • Ah Xian, Queensland Art Gallery, Crowd of Modern Art, Brisbane (2003)
  • The Art of Ah Xian, Accumulation Society Museum, New York, Merged States (2002)

Group exhibitions

In addition take delivery of holding many of his summarize installations, Xian has also participated in a series of advance installations with other artists monkey well.[7]

  • In and Out of Context: Asia Society celebrates the Collections at 60, Asia Society Museum, New York (2016)
  • Dark Heart, 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Thought, Art Gallery of South Continent, Adelaide (2014)
  • 4A A4 4A, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Go, Sydney (2013)
  • Three Decades: The Fresh Chinese Collection, Queensland Art Drift, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (1999)
  • Above and Beyond: Austral/Asian Interactions, 1989, Australian Centre for Coexistent Art, Melbourne, (1996)
  • Mao Goes Pop: China Post 1989, Museum sponsor Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, (1993)
  • Chinese New Wave, CAST at Arthouse, Launceston, Victoria (1992)

Awards and recognition

References

Further reading

  • Ah Xian (2007).

    Ah City - Skulpturen, sculpture. [Heidelberg]: Demonstrate Braus. ISBN .