"Cultivating in solitude - Xu Hongxiang's Residency Program in Australia" opens at LalLal Art Museum in Melbourne

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2023.10.27

PROGRAM TITLE Cultivating in solitude - Xu Hongxiang's Residency Program in Australia ARTIST Xu Hongxiang CURATED BY Jiang Mingyang PRESENTED BY Tony Wen OPENING 2023.10.28 14:00 DURATION 2023.10.28 - 2024.01.28 VENUE LalLal Art Museum 313 Yendon-egerton Road, Lal Lal, VIC, AU Artists Xu Hongxiang and Liu Haichen's Residency Program in Australia "Cultivating in solitude" will be opened at the LalLal Art Museum in Melbourne, Australia, presenting the two artists' artistic creations during their residency at Lal Lal Ranch. The exhibition is curated by Mr. Jiang Mingyang, Director of the Academic Research Department of Cuppar Auction International, and presented by Mr. Tony Wen, Founder of LalLal Art Museum. Lal Lal Ranch Artist Residency Program started in 2017, initiated by Mr. Tony Wen, aims to advocate the concept of harmonious and sustainable development of man and nature, and invites young artists from all over the world to come to the natural and pure ranch for artistic creation. In the natural pasture far away from the modern city, artists will experience the harmonious way of human and nature, rethinking the combination of humanities, ecology and art, and bringing new creative inspirations and art works, and so far it has successfully invited the participation of many famous contemporary artists in China. As the theme of this exhibition, "Cultivating in solitude", for Xu Hongxiang and Liu Haichen, the creation during the residency is like a solitary practice, carrying the memory of an exotic place, and transmitting the texture of the real world in the emotional stance of the landscape narrative. ARTIST Xu Hongxiang was born in Changsha, Hunan Province, China in 1984, graduated from the Printmaking Department of China Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2007 with a bachelor´s degree, graduated from the Printmaking Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2011 with a master's degree, and now lives and works in Beijing. Xu Hongxiang’s artistic practice often revolves around painting. Project-based painting series with narrative contents and oil paintings centered on landscapes are the two parallel creative approaches that punctuate his career. "Image", "body", and "the relationship between painting and reality" are the overarching themes he has been trying to explore in his multi-media painting projects throughout the years. The traits of his highly stylized painting, which included a signature saturated palette, are the fragments that reflect such themes.

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Xu Hongxiang

Xu Hongxiang was born in 1984 in Changsha, Hunan, China. He graduated from the Printmaking Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2007 with a bachelor´s degree, graduated from the Printmaking Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2011 with a master's degree, and now lives and works in Beijing.

Xu Hongxiang’s artistic practice often revolves around painting. Project-based painting series with narrative contents and oil paintings centered on landscapes are the two parallel creative approaches that punctuate his career. "Image", "body", and "the relationship between painting and reality" are the overarching themes he has been trying to explore in his multi-media painting projects throughout the years. The traits of his highly stylized painting, which included a signature saturated palette, are the fragments that reflect such themes.

Xu Hongxiang’s solo exhibitions includes: "Xu Hongxiang: Wander" (Aurora Museum, Shanghai, 2024), "Xu Hongxiang: Ancient Posts" (Xie Zilong Photography Museum, Changsha, 2023), "Xu Hongxiang: Displaced Images" (Triumph Gallery, Beijing, 2022), "Xu Hongxiang: An Exuberant View" (Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan, 2021), "Xu Hongxiang: One Night While Hunting for Faeries" (Loft8 Galerie, Vienna, 2019), "Not Dark Yet - Xu Hongxiang Solo Exhibition" (Triumph Gallery, Beijing, 2018), "Xu Hongxiang Solo Exhibition" (SZ Art Center, Beijing, 2014). His solo project includes: "Cultivating in solitude - Xu Hongxiang's Residency Program in Australia" ( LalLal Art Museum, Melbourne, 2023), "Artists Residency Program: The JAEGER EXPERIEMENT" ( JINGHOPE Art Center, Sanya, 2021), "Shuffle Parallel Vienna 2018" (Vienna, 2018), "Li Qiang" (Changsha, 2016), "In the Field" (Changsha, 2016) . Selected group exhibitions includes: "Web of Being: The Living Network" (Tang Contemporary Art, Singapore, 2025), "The season has not arrived" (Atmosphere Space, Nanjing, 2024), "DIALOGUE: Art Museum Tour by Art Gallery Association Beijing" (Art Museum of SCFAI, Chongqing, 2024), "Symphony of Coexistence - Chinese and Southeast Asian Art Invitational Exhibition" (Art Museum of SCFAI, Chongqing, 2024), "Follow the Rabbit - Talking stock of a collection and its reception through contemporary Chinese art" (Museum Liaunig, Austria, 2023).

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