Sponsored by Beijing Cultural Development Foundation, a solo artistic exhibition of Xuesong s works is currently on view at Hall 5 until September 6, 2010. The exhibition provides unique individual value and academic research of the artist.
Born in Chongqing, Xuesong, whose original name is Weng Xuesong, has gained solid foundation in art learning since childhood and has been devoted to painting practice with peaceful and approachable characteristics. Based on the experiment and application of various contemporary artistic forms in recent years, the artist has been engaged on the oil painting, a special artistic representation medium, and has explored the spirit and the appeal pursued by the traditional scholars and literati.
He has the important points in mind, and develops to the natural soul step by step. The artist takes the delicacy and elegance of modeling languages including the volume, the space and the sketch and strives to establish a mysterious and rich spiritual world.
The exhibition is expected to reflect the mature outlook of the artist s devotion and dedication in the past years for the first time. The oil paintings he presents embody the sincerity, the innovation and the spirit. The show is described as a trend of freshness and elegance in the contemporary artistic circle. His representative Rock Series is of an active reflection, reflecting the intellectual integration between the tradition and the contemporary Chinese humanistic spirit.