<p>Zheng Xuewu’s mixed media on paper series are an important part of his artistic output. He orchestrates complex compositions by actively transferring, one-by-one, many hundreds of images onto paper using hand-carved woodblocks, cast metal printing type, stamps and found objects as printing tools. Often, Zheng finishes a work by painting into it by hand.</p><p>Zheng’s subject matter is often drawn from Chinese culture with concrete meaning remaining elusive. The monochromatic work Girl of 1997 features an image of a girl rendered with sprayed paint and a stencil to look like the kind of paper cutouts hung on the Chinese New Year holiday. The background pattern is formed from hundreds of pigment transfers, each rectangular block its own miniature abstract painting. This work is related to other works like Condition 1 and Condition 2 of 2012, in which Zheng adds to his repertoire of mark making techniques and image sources by reaching into folk traditions that are fading from the contemporary Chinese consciousness.</p><p>Strongly interested in language, Zheng es on the symbols of western languages in recent works like East and West 1 and East and West 2 of 2012. The Latin alphabet and English words are used to create all over fields and complex non-representational and non-repeating patterns. The viewer may consider if stamping and pounding images into being puts the artist’s hand at remove from the work. But it is exactly through Zheng’s labor-intensive process and his use of tools and image making objects that his style becomes apparent, present as a highly suggestive poetic. The East and West works remind of the limits of translation and of language itself. The clarity of Zheng’s works on paper invites the viewer to join him in his investigations. Alphabets, text, numbers, figures from folklore, popular imagery and abstract shapes claim a larger subject matter, one invested in direct communication and attuned to the enigma of culture.</p> <p>Xuewu Zheng born in Heilongjiang Province, China, received his BFA in Harbin Normal University in China, is MFA 2020 candidate in SUNY New Paltz Printmaking.</p><p> </p><p>His work has been included in numerous group exhibitions throughout Asia, Europe, Australia and United States. He was a Visiting Professor at: Harbin Normal University, China; Appalachian State University; North Carolina University at Chapel Hill; Columbia University; Vassar College; University College Cork, Ireland. He attended following international residencies: Vermont Studio Center; Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium; Gwangju Art Museum, Korea; Jingdezhen Sanbao International Center, China; Nebraska Art Farm.</p><p> </p><p>Xuewu’s work is part of Selected Collections: National Art Museum of China; Kaethe Kollwitz-Museum-Berlin, Germany; Australian Embassy, China; Woo Jae-Gil Art Museum, Korea; Ackland Art Museum, Guilford College, The Turchin Center for Visual Arts( United States; Gwangju Art Museum, Korea.</p> <p>郑学武</p><p>职业艺术家/国际艺术策展人</p><p>六十年代出生于黑龙江农垦建设兵团，先后修学业于哈尔滨师范大学艺术学院美术系、中央工艺美术学院装饰绘画系、纽约州立大学美术学院版画系。美国阿巴拉契亚州立大学、美国北卡罗来纳大学的客座教授；美国哥伦比亚大学、帕森斯学院、瓦萨学院及爱尔兰科克大学的访问学者。是美国弗蒙特艺术中心、比利时马瑟瑞尔艺术中心和韩国光州市立美术馆的国际驻访项目艺术家。</p><p>版画和装置作品参加过亚洲、欧洲、澳大利亚和美国的众多展览。</p><p>重要收藏：中国美术馆、德国科勒惠支博物馆、韩国光州市立美术馆、美国阿克兰博物馆、澳大利亚驻华大使馆等。</p> <p>纽约哈德逊艺术中心</p><p>常年接待中国艺术家参加国际驻访项目：</p><p>因为2020年疫情的影响，艺术家们无法正常参加春夏季节的国际驻访项目及其他国际艺术活动，但是秋季和冬季的项目会正常进行，欢迎艺术家们及早准备和申请报名。</p><p>www.hudsoncenterforcontemporaryarts.com</p><p>zhengxuewu@hotmail.com /</p><p>hudsoncenter@163.com</p>