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Shi Xinning (石心宁; born 1969, in Liaoning Province, China) is a painter based in Beijing. Influenced by both social realism and European styles, he specialises in historical paintings that insert Mao Zedong into iconic social and political photos of the 20th century - such as the Yalta Conference, the HUAC hearings, and a state procession of the British Queen Mother.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shi Xinning exhibited at the Saatchi gallery )〕 He has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including ''Mahjong'' at the Kunstmuseum in Bern, ''China Art Now'' at the Marella Gallery in Milan, ''China Contemporary Painting'' at Fondazione Carisbo in Bologna, and ''Landscapes'' at the Shanghai Gallery of Art. He is represented by the Marella Gallery in Beijing and Milan, Shine Art Space in Shanghai, and by (ARNDT ) in Berlin. ==Life and Work== Shi Xinning was born in 1969 in Liaoning Province, China to his parents who were People's Liberation Army members.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Duchamp Retrospective Exhibition in China )〕 Xinning received a formal education in art at the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang, Liaoning Province.〔 Xinning graduated in 1990 and continued to develop his art career for 10 years before producing his Mao paintings, which are some of his most famous.〔 Shi Xinning's works often contain subject matter related to the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which he experienced as a child. Some of his notable paintings are his paintings featuring Mao Zedong with people, places, or events which are entirely impossible to have occurred. Shi Xinning's work appears to deal with issues of history, cultural memory, Western Eurocentrism, and Chinese Isolationism. One of Xinning's first Mao paintings was his painting "Duchamp Retrospective Exhibition", which portrays Mao inspecting Marcel Duchamp's famous urinal sculpture entitled "Fountain". This work injects humor through the fact that Duchamp's Dadaist expression and avant-garde art would not be permitted in China under Mao's rule, as official art in China at the time was confined to propaganda.〔 This is also humorous because without Duchamp's "R. Mutt" signature on the urinal, Mao could just as well be inspecting a factory-made urinal for its usefulness in aiding China. Due to the unexpected subject matter of Xinning's Mao paintings, Mao Zedong's presence often seems absurd or ironic. Mao Zedong can be seen beside celebrities Sofia Loren and Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe, Peggy Guggenheim, and even Andy Warhol. Not only is Mao represented next to notable western cultural figures and celebrities in these paintings, but he is also found attending historic events with western politicians and leaders. In Xinnings "Mao and McCarthy", for example, Mao can be seen attending the HUAC hearings, though he is not being questioned but is rather an observer. The irony of the Communist chairman Mao being a welcome observer of the hearing injects humor into the situation and establishes Shi Xinning's works as re-authorings of collective cultural memory.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=South-east Asia Art Wave )〕 Shi Xinning´s work appears in the "China Art Book", The 80 most renowned Chinese Artists, DUMONT ISBN 978-3-8321-7769-0 When referring to the purpose or meaning behind his inclusion of Mao Zedong in his paintings, Xinning cited influences from his early life in China during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Xinning said regarding his work: "These are Shi Xinning's black-and-white visions of the way Mao's China could have been if China hadn't isolated itself from the capitalist West."〔 Despite the anachronism present in Xinning's work, the use of Mao's image in his paintings serves to also ground his work in modern China and its surrounding culture. According to Xinning, "today Mao is still an icon in China. He is omnipresent; he defined my childhoos and the lives of my parents. I never show him the real context of the 1960s or 1970s. I present him as a visual memory."〔 Xinning has said, however, that he has little interest in Mao as a person, and instead is interested in Mao as an icon.〔 Xinning's artwork has seen commercial success in the art market, where his work "Mao and McCarthy" was valued in 2007 to be worth between 50,000 and 70,000 USD at auction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shi Xinning Mao and McCarthy Auction Results )〕 Shi Xinning's "Yalta" painting was valued in 2008 to be worth between 98,020 and 137,227 USD at auction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shi Xinning Yalta Auction Results )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shi Xinning」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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