RTSM | Su Xinping:"It is actually a way for me to speak in the face of the world."

DATE: 2020.9.16

无题 252×308cm(28×28cm×99) 纸上铅笔  Pencil on Paper 2020.jpg

Untitled,  252×308cm(28×28cm×99) Pencil on Paper 2020

Confronting the ever-changing outside world, I always use fragmented time to paint with a pencil on a piece of paper, recording my current thoughts and feelings. In this way, the accumulation as my diaries have formed a large number of rich visual elements. Every time I take one piece arbitrarily, I can recall the situation at the moment and re-experience my mood and state then. Inadvertently, I put together these fragmented images to form a visual landscape beyond my expectation. It seems to be an experiment on art language that takes advantage of the trend, but it is actually a way for me to speak in the face of the world. It can be said that whether it is the presentation of individual pieces of paper, or the multi-dimensional landscape that combines multiple pieces of paper, it is a personal experience and expression of my appeal and concepts.

苏新平 荒原7号 448×168cm(56×56cm×24) 纸上铅笔  Pencil on Paper 2019.jpg

Wasteland No.7 448×168cm(56×56cm×24  Pencil on Paper 2019

苏新平 荒原6号 336×224cm(56×56cm×24)  纸上铅笔 Pencil on Paper 2019.jpg

The Waste Land No.6 336×224cm(56×56cm×24)Pencil on Paper 2019

2019 荒原5号  The Waste Land No.5 168×3080cm(56×56cm×165) 纸上铅笔 Pencil on Paper.jpg

The Waste Land  No.5 168×3080cm(56×56cm×165)Pencil on Paper 2019

2018 蓝之九 Blue No.9 56×224cn(28×28cm×16) 铜版画  Etching.jpg

 Blue No.9 56×224cn(28×28cm×16)  Etching 2018

十之一 Ten No.1 280×308cm(28×28cm×110)  铜版画  Etching 2017.jpg

Ten No.1 280×308cm(28×28cm×110)Etching 2017

2017 红之一  Red No.1 112×168cm(28×28cm×24)铜版画  Etching.jpg

 Red No.1 112×168cm(28×28cm×24)Etching 2017

荒原3 号 Wasteland No.3 300×200cm  铜版画 Etching 2017.jpg

Wasteland No.3 300×200cm  Etching 2017

荒原2号 Wasteland No.2 168×1344cm 纸上铅笔 Pencil on Paper 2015.jpg

Wasteland No.2 168×1344cm  Pencil on Paper 2015



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Su Xinping

1960  Born in Inner Mongolia

1977  Army Service

1983  Graduated from Painting Department of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts

1983-1986  Teacher, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Dept. of Fine Arts

1989  Graduated from the Department of printmaking, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Master Degree

Present Vice President, Professor, Doctoral Tutor, CAFA  

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019

"Su Xinping: Everything is Still and Timeless", Suzhou Museum, Suzhou, China

"Su Xinping", Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China

2017

"Fictional Reality: Su Xinping Works", United Art Museum, Wuhan, China

2016

"Horizon: Su Xinping Solo Exhibition", Hui Art Space, Beijing, China

2015

"The Solemn Landscape: Su Xinping Solo Exhibition", Guangdong Museum of Art & FM Art Space, Guangzhou, China

"Su Xinping: Along the Way", Museum of Contemporary Art of CAA., Hangzhou, China

RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018

"Facing East: Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition on ‘ The 1960s’ ", Shanghai New Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China

2016

"Post Academy - Research Exhibition of The Eight Academies of Fine Arts’ Oil Painting", Art Museum of GAFA, Guangzhou, China

"The Jumble of Growth: The Third Today’s Documents”, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

2015

"CHINA 8 – Contemporary Art from China on the Rhine and Ruhr", NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Germany

"Tradition and Innovation: The Human Figure in Contemporary Chinese Art ", Chazen

Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, U.S.A

COLLECTIONS

The British Museum, U.K.;

Ashmolean Museum , The University of  Oxford,U.K.;

The British Library, U.K.;

Red Mansion Foundation,U.K.;

Asia Pacific Museum, U.S.A;               

Portland Art Museum, U.S.A;

San Francisco Modern Art Museum, U.S.A.;

Ludwig Museum, Germany;

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia;

National Gallery of Australia, Australia;

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia;

Yokohama Art Gallery, Japan;

Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan;

Singapore Art Museum, Singapore;

The Museum of Singapore University, Singapore;

NAMOC, Beijing, China;

CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China;

Shanghai Art Museum, China;         

Guangdong Art Museum, China;

Shenzhen Art Museum, China;

Qingdao Art Museum, China;

Jiangsu Art Museum, China;

He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China;

Today Art Museum, Beijing, China;


Image and Text Courtesy of the Artist.

Edited by Sue and Emily/CAFA ART INFO