Xie Nanxing
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Biography
Born in 1970 in Chongqing, China
Lives and works in Beijing and Chengdu, China
Within the Chinese modern art scene, Xie Nanxing has carved out a special place for himself. The artist has explored the infinite possibilities of painting over the course of his decades-long practice. From his photorealist self-portraits and male nudities that he displayed at the 48th Venice Biennale in 1999, just three years after graduating from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, to his out-of-focus renderings of nocturnal gardens, which he presented at documenta 12 in Kassel in 2007.
Xie Nanxing’s recent solo and group exhibitions include Sigg Prize at M+ Museum, Hong Kong; UCCA Edge, Beijing; Beijing Bienniale; Song Art Museum, Beijing; Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart; MAK Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna; Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing; Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing; Museum of Contemporary Art Chengdu; Today Art Museum, Beijing; Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum; Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina (CCCS), Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Kunsthalle Basel; documenta 12, Kassel; and 48th Biennale di Venezia, Venice.
Nanxing’s work is included in renowned international contemporary art collections, among them M+ Museum, Hong Kong; the Rachofsky Collection, Dallas; Start Museum, Shanghai; Sammlung Goetz, Munich and By Art Matters, Hangzhou.
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When I paint something new, the mark that has come from my hand or my mind demands that I study it, that I analyse and try to understand it. Then finally, perhaps, I can make use of it. This process brings me closer to my thoughts and putting all of this into my work helps to create more layers and more possibilities.
– Xie Nanxing
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