Artist

Xiong, Gu

Title

Untitled

Technique

woodcut

Date

1985

Dimensions

28.0cm height x 21.0cm width

Type

print

Accession Number

2015.12.23

Collection

Permanent Collection

From the Estate of Kate Craig

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.