Xiang Jing Sculpting Asia
Posted on Nov 17, 2009 under Travel | No CommentAs wide and varied as any continent, Asia has a dizzying number of cultures and languages, and any place you travel here offers a magnificent complexity. Getting to know another country is something that takes time and energy, but of course, being here is a great way to begin. Savvy world travelers also understand that it doesn’t matter how many times you see a place, it’s always a beginning, and there’s always so much more to know than there is already known. In places where there is constant movement and constant energy, it’s a great idea to plan your time there centered in one of their finest luxury hotels. Although every place on earth is in the middle of enormous changes, some of the larger cities in Asia have seen a number of fascinating and complicated revolutions in recent years.
Whether these revolutions have been in the political structure or in the cultural scene, there is something fascinating to discover here. Repeat visitors always find out that things have changed since the last time, and this can be the cause of celebration or sometimes a great sentimentality. But the most sentimental sentiments have found a home in art, and some of the best art in the world concerns the passage of time. Some art is caught in the passage of time, riding a current that carries it from here to there, and then to now. Xiang Jing is part of a new wave of artists coming from China, marking a remarkable new body of work that is becoming enormously influential on the global art scene.
In the past decade, new Chinese art has become a focal point for many art critics and scholars, looking at the rise in value in the local Chinese art market. This is in large part due to the economic strength of the country, and a willingness among its citizens to patronize galleries and buy works of art. Beijing sculptor Xiang Jing is in this generation, and her sculptures are amazing works that interrogate the classical depiction of the female form, and are remarkable works that speak to multiple audiences. Her work is shown all over the world, but it is a splendid thing to take the opportunity to see her work here, as an introduction to what some of the best work being done today looks like in all of its contexts and dimensions.
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