Biography
Sun Xun was born in 1980 in Fuxin and studied at the China Academy of Fine Arts. Sun Xun’s interest in traditional art forms such as paintings and woodcuts prints is reflected in the craftsmanship. That characterizes his animated films.
Born in an industrial mining town in the north-east and raised in the period following the Chinese Cultural Revolution. The artist is influenced by the side effects that this movement continues to have on topics such as history. Culture and memory. He is interested in how historical events are perceived and recalls the representation of citizens by public bodies and the media.
His work
Sun Xun’s paintings and woodcuts explores concepts of past versus present. personal versus political in symbolic and surrealist ways, often choosing to use animals and insects as the main characters of the story rather than people.
He is considered one of the most talented emerging artists in China, his practice combines craftsmanship with stylistic experimentation not limited to any of the media. Blurring the lines between drawing, painting, animation and installation, his work incorporates a wide range of materials. Usually his films are then presented in engaging settings, creating a memory theater for the visitor, full of realistic and fantastic iconography.
acrylic and ink on paper
paper: 24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 cm)
To produce Time Spy, the artist and his team sculpted more than 10,000 wooden blocks.then inked and digitally digitized them to create the animation cells.
Sun Xun’s painting and woodcuts are in constant dialogue with art history. In fact he talks about his work in close relation to Albrecht Dürer and his engravings. The works were compared by Sun Xun in recognition of the influence of this German Renaissance artist on his own practice.
acrylic and ink on paper mounted to aluminum
paper: 59 x 98 1/2 inches (150 x 250 cm)
framed: 59 7/8 x 99 1/4 x 1 5/8 inches (152.1 x 252.1 x 4.1 cm)
For other emerging artists: Contemporary
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