Shi Xinning
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Shi Xinning is a painter based in Beijing
.
Influenced by both social realism
and Europe
an styles, he specialises in historical paintings that insert Mao Zedong
into iconic social and political photos of the 20th century - such as the Yalta Conference
, the HUAC
hearings, and a state procession of the British Queen Mother
.
He has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including Mahjong at the Kunstmuseum
in Bern, China Art Now at the Marella Gallery in Milan
, China Contemporary Painting at Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna
, and Landscapes at the Shanghai Gallery of Art.
He is represented by the Marella Gallery in Beijing and Milan
, Shine Art Space in Shanghai
and by ARNDT in Berlin.
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
.
Influenced by both social realism
Social realism
Social Realism, also known as Socio-Realism, is an artistic movement, expressed in the visual and other realist arts, which depicts social and racial injustice, economic hardship, through unvarnished pictures of life's struggles; often depicting working class activities as heroic...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an styles, he specialises in historical paintings that insert Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...
into iconic social and political photos of the 20th century - such as the Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed the Argonaut Conference, held February 4–11, 1945, was the wartime meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D...
, the HUAC
House Un-American Activities Committee
The House Committee on Un-American Activities or House Un-American Activities Committee was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. In 1969, the House changed the committee's name to "House Committee on Internal Security"...
hearings, and a state procession of the British Queen Mother
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...
.
He has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including Mahjong at the Kunstmuseum
Kunstmuseum
Kunstmuseum is the German term for an art collection open to the public, mainly based on previous feudal holdings. English terms like art museum, museum of arts or art gallery, however, cover only part of its meaning, and on the other hand, art collections with a long tradition nowadays may never...
in Bern, China Art Now at the Marella Gallery in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, China Contemporary Painting at Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
, and Landscapes at the Shanghai Gallery of Art.
He is represented by the Marella Gallery in Beijing and Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Shine Art Space in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
and by ARNDT in Berlin.
External links
- Shi Xinning 88-Mocca: The Museum of Chinese Contemporary Art on the Web
- Shi Xinning – Painting – Saatchi Gallery
- Shi Xinning at ARNDT Berlin
- Shi Xinning at Red Mansion
- Shi Xinning – Shine Art Space
- Shi Xinning at Marella Gallery