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Bai Xincheng 白 新 城
Born in 1957 in Beijing, China, Bai Xincheng has devoted his art to the study of lines for many years. For him, lines are a highly individualistic language that serves as a point for wandering through the abstracts of psychology. In a rested state or a confused one, the most irreducibly basic elements of the mind inspires in Bai an immediate poetry and high expressive images.
The unique position of line in Bai's art stems from his trainings in sketches and calligraphy during his formative years, where orthodox training in light, contrast and drawing held no place nor importance during his developing life as an artist. Ultimately, he found solace and inspiration in the simplest unit of the art form, the lines. He selects them, balances and orchestrates them so that they can take the eye for a walk through a maze of graphic wonder, which may well begin with the aesthetic traditions of China and end with the modernity of the West.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007
"Straight Curves", Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
2006
Solo Exhibition, Songzhuang, Beijing, China
2000
Solo Exhibition, MUSE Gallery of Beijing, Beijing, China
1998
Solo Exhibition, CYTS Building of Beijing, China
1997
Solo Exhibition, Goethe Institute, Beijing, China
1994
Solo Exhibition, Bulgarian Embassy of Beijing, Beijing, China
Solo Exhibition, Hungarian Embassy of Beijing, Beijing, China
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012
"Lines", Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
2009
"from 2D to 3D", Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
2008
"Tribes", Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
2007
"Art Summer", Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
"Departure from Songzhuang", Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
"Living in Songzhuang", Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China
"40 Plus, 40 Minus", Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
2006
Songzhuang Open Studio, Beijing, China
Group Exhibition, Beijing Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China
Group Exhibition, Shang Shang Art Museum, Beijing, China
"Prints - Limited Editions and Monotypes", Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
798 Group Exhibiton, Beijing, China
"Art Saturdays", Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
Songzhuang 10 Years Anniversary Group Exhibition, Songzhuang, Beijing, China
2005
"Art Saturdays", Sin Sin Fine Art, Hong Kong
2004
"Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition", Mainland Gallery of Beijing, China
"Contemporary Art Exhibition of 100 Artists", Qianjing Gallery of Beijing, China
2003
Group Exhibition, Mainland Gallery, Beijing, China
1996
"Dongbahe Artist Village Painting Exhibition", COFCO Plaza of Beijing, Beijing, China
1992
"The First National Oil Painting Exhibition", with work "The Cross"
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