- Qiu Zhijie
Qiu Zhijie (邱志傑; born 1969) is a contemporary Chinese artist who works primarily in
video andphotography . Overall, Qiu Zhijie's work suggests the struggle between the forces of destiny and self-assertion. Other common themes are social fragmentation and transience. [cite news|author=Cotter, Holland|publisher=New York Times|title=Art In Review, Qiu Zhijie|date=April 20, 2001]Zhijie was born in 1969 in
Fujian province. In 1992, he graduated fromZhejiang Academy of Fine Arts ,Hangzhou . He now lives and works inBeijing .The artist's break-through exhibition was in 1992 with "China's New Art, Post-1989" at the
Hanart Gallery andHong Kong Arts Centre . By 1999, his work began receiving overseas interest with his inclusion in "Revolutionary Capitals: Beijing-London" at theInstitute of Contemporary Arts ,London .In 2005, his work was exhibited in the
Victoria and Albert Museum 's "Between Past And Future: New Photography And Video From China", including "Tattoo 1", which explores Qiu Zhijie's assertion that in our media-saturated age, "signs and codes have overpowered actual human beings, and our bodies have become merely their vehicles." The characterbu — meaning "no" — is written across the artist's body and on the wall behind him, creating the illusion that it floats free of the body.References
ee also
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Chinese art
*Yang Fudong
*Feng Mengbo
*Huang Yong Ping External links
* [http://www.qiuzhijie.com/ Personal homepage]
* [http://www.experimenta.org/mesh/mesh17/berghuis.htm Experimenta article on contemporary Chinese art]
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