HU Xiangdong

Chinese　1961

Born in Jiangsu, in 1961. The artist graduated from Nanjing Arts Institute. In his best reputed "Transparent Distance" series, Hu tends to center personal memory of disappointment and pains in his painterly expression by utilizing the body and plastic. And the medium, the transparent plastic has a symbolic effect here, it hints at a membrane between human beings and the nature, between the people, or just reveals the conflicts between human beings and the substances or spirits.Hu had participated varied artistic exhibitions, among which, there were ones titled "Contemporary Chinese Artists Interpret Daily Life Exhibition" and "Chinese Contemporary Artistic Documents Exhibition" in Fukuoka Museum of Fine Arts in Japan in 2000, "Rainbow Across the Century-Gorgeous and Popular Art" exhibition in Tianjin, "Plastic Art Exhibition" in Beijing and a Chinese contemporary art exhibition in Switzerland in 1999, "Personal Touch" at TEDA Contemporary Art Museum in Tianjin in 1998, and Beijing "Gaudy Life" monographic exhibition in 1996 etc, which had certain impact for the art field.