2nd of 5 works found
Untitled
Artist
Xiong, Gu
Title
Untitled
Technique
woodcut
Date
1985
Dimensions
27.5cm height x 21.5cm width
Type
print
Accession Number
2014.17.6
Collection
Permanent Collection
Gift of Les and Sandy McKinnon
Gu Xiong is a multimedia artist and photographer originally from Chongquing, Sichuan in the People's Republic of China. In 1972, during the Cultural Revolution, Gu Xiong was sent to the remote countryside. He was forced into "re-education" and laboured in the fields under extremely primitive conditions for four years. After being allowed to return to the city, he earned a BFA and MFA at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute where he also taught traditional woodcut printmaking. His first link with Canada came in 1986 when he was invited to take part in an exchange program at the Banff Centre for the Arts. In 1989, Gu Xiong finally had to flee China as a result of his participation in Beijing's China/Avant Garde show and in the Tiananmen Square demonstration. Xiong is currently an Associate Professor of Fine Arts at UBC.