Xue Song (1965) - photo 1

Xue Song

Xue Song is a Chinese artist who works and lives in Anhui Province, China.

He graduated from the Shanghai Institute of Dramatic Art, Department of Stage Art, and is one of the leading artists of contemporary Chinese pop art. Song is recognized as the first artist in China to bring Western collage to the Chinese contemporary art scene.

Xue Song is known for his innovative combination of modern and traditional elements, where calligraphy, folk art and ink painting meet modern techniques. Soot and ash are the most important elements of his art, and the outlines of many of the figures in his depictions look as if they were on fire. For Xue, ashes and fire are a reminder of destiny and a symbol of rebirth. Over and over again, the artist recalls the fire that burned down his studio in the early 1990s, destroying all of his work, mostly oil paintings and calligraphy. The charred remnants of paintings, rescued from the ashes, are used as fragments in new works, as a kind of remembrance of past events.

Date and place of birt:1965, Anhui Province, China
Nationality:China
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Painter
Genre:Portrait
Art style:Pop Art, Contemporary art
Technique:Collage

Creators China

Tianbing Li (1974)
Tianbing Li
1974
Shiy De-jinn (1923 - 1981)
Shiy De-jinn
1923 - 1981
Cang Xin (1967)
Cang Xin
1967
Wesley Tongson (1957 - 2012)
Wesley Tongson
1957 - 2012
Shi Wei (1965)
Shi Wei
1965
Chuang Che (1934)
Chuang Che
1934
Chi-chien Wang (1907 - 2003)
Chi-chien Wang
1907 - 2003
Chen Yu (1969)
Chen Yu
1969
Vasily Vasilievich Vereshchagin (1842 - 1904)
Vasily Vasilievich Vereshchagin
1842 - 1904
Fritz Georg Sigfried Melbye (1826 - 1869)
Fritz Georg Sigfried Melbye
1826 - 1869
Wenjue He (1970)
Wenjue He
1970
Antonin Ivanovich Soungouroff (1894 - 1976)
Antonin Ivanovich Soungouroff
1894 - 1976
Wang Shugang (1960)
Wang Shugang
1960
Hong Hao (1965)
Hong Hao
1965
Roger Ing (1933 - 2008)
Roger Ing
1933 - 2008
George Chinnery (1774 - 1852)
George Chinnery
1774 - 1852

Creators Contemporary art

Eduard Gubler (1891 - 1971)
Eduard Gubler
1891 - 1971
Thomas Ritter (1955)
Thomas Ritter
1955
Jan Hána (1927 - 1994)
Jan Hána
1927 - 1994
Rainer Wittenborn (1941)
Rainer Wittenborn
1941
Louis-Constant Sévin (1821 - 1888)
Louis-Constant Sévin
1821 - 1888
Szabolcs Bozó (1992)
Szabolcs Bozó
1992
Viktor Dmitrievich Pivovarov (1937)
Viktor Dmitrievich Pivovarov
1937
Ingrid Schaar (1937 - 2004)
Ingrid Schaar
1937 - 2004
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones (1992)
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
1992
Joe Bradley (1975)
Joe Bradley
1975
Klaus Dieter Engelke (1941)
Klaus Dieter Engelke
1941
Peter Vogel (1937 - 2017)
Peter Vogel
1937 - 2017
Victor Kuzmich Teterin (1922 - 1991)
Victor Kuzmich Teterin
1922 - 1991
Yoan Capote (1977)
Yoan Capote
1977
Charles Owen Perry (1929 - 2011)
Charles Owen Perry
1929 - 2011
Christian Mischke (1944 - 2022)
Christian Mischke
1944 - 2022
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