Xu Zhifeng
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Texts
- Mona Lisa Smileless, Mixed media installation, Dimensions variable, 2010
- Xu Zhifeng, “5 Pound Thermos,” thermos, scale modified by the artist, concrete, 13.2 x 17.2 x 35.2cm, 2014
- Xu Zhifeng, Glass No. 1 Glass, reinforcement steel, concrete 61x17x17 cm, 2012
- “Concrete Bonsai,” mixed media, pomegranate, soil, ferrocement and concrete, concrete base size: 34 x 17 x 8.5cm, bonsai size excl. concrete base: 30 x 40 x 30cm, 2013
Exhibitions
- What if Objects Could Talk?March 29th, 2014 - May 26th, 2014
- Learning from the Literati 4
September 14th, 2013 - October 29th, 2013 - Learning from the Literati 3
September 5th, 2012 - October 10th, 2012 - Shifting Definitions November 6th, 2010 - December 18th, 2010
Xu Zhifeng, Glass No. 1 Glass, reinforcement steel, concrete 61x17x17 cm, 2012
Industrialization, urbanization and globalization have rapidly changed our living environment. Cement, steel, glass and plastics have become the new “four treasures of the study” or wen fang si bao. These new materials have captivated our new sense of aesthetics, yet can be transposed onto the classical aesthetics. Thus I simply “draw” with these elements and pursue the new “Four Gentlemen” or si junzi in the context of the “traditional” Chinese literati.