Xuewu Zheng

Lives and works in New Paltz, NY, USA

Artist statement

As an international artist, I naturally have the characteristics of thinking beyond the cultures of the East and the West when studying art issues and performing my art practice. My Meditation printmaking works are large in scale, represent a huge amount of labor, a long process of silent meditation, my pious worship of traditional culture and the revolutionary spirit of creating new art forms. Each of my Meditation installation series works is site specific and each group of work can be displayed in various ways. The number of components and the volume of each group of work can be very large. For example, Century Text can occupy a museum exhibition gallery of 2000 square feet, which has a great visual impact in visual presentation. Or it can be viewed in a more intimate setting as the scale is easily adjusted. A set of three pieces of Meditation video works have been created. They will appear side by side at the same time during the exhibition. The contrasting black and white backgrounds and text balance the pieces, creating a sense of harmony. With movements and sounds, these videos are an important, integrated part of the exhibition. Printmaking, the installations, and the three videos allow me to present my Zen philosophy in three unique ways: through hand-stamping and paint, as sculpture and installation, and by audio-visual means. I examine both history and the present in a very personal way; think about the cultural issues between the East and the West; and...

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