Xinyi Cheng : the horse with eye blinders / für die Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin herausgegeben von Sven Beckstette ; Autor*innen, Sven Beckstette, Xinyi Cheng.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cheng, Xinyi, 1989- artist.

Beckstette, Sven, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.

Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, host institution.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Cheng, Xinyi, 1989---Exhibitions.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Horse with eye blinders

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin ; Köln : Wienand, [2020]

Language Note:

Parallel texts in German and English.

Summary:

Xinyi Cheng (born 1989 in Wuhan, lives and works in Paris) was awarded the Baloise Art Prize in 2019. As with the previous two prize-winners, Sam Pulitzer and Lawrence Abu Hamdan, this award comes with an acquisition by the Baloise Group for the collection of the Nationalgalerie. In her first solo exhibition in a major museum, Cheng will be presenting around 30 paintings and 6 photographs in the Hamburger Bahnhof, including numerous new works. 00Painting is at the centre of Cheng's artistic practice. Her works often have a focus on male figures. Besides individual portraits, she also depicts her models in their interaction with each other. The surrounding space remains mostly undefined and often consists of internally structured, monochromatic backgrounds. Through this, the bodies of the figures seem to emerge from the surface of the paintings. Their relationship to each other is only hinted at through tender gestures and intimate moments, but also through enigmatic actions, and thus left undefined by Cheng. In her first institutional solo exhibition, Cheng presents a series of new paintings.00Exhibition: Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany (10.12.2020 - 09.05.2021).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, December 10, 2020 - May 9, 2021.

ISBN:

9783868326147

3868326146

OCLC:

1246477880

Publisher Number:

9783868326147