Chinese Cultural
Promotional Society
Brings Top Artists
from China to
Artexpo New York
March 25-27 at Pier
94 on the Hudson
NEW YORK CITY –
Artexpo New York,
the world's largest
fine art trade show
for over 32 years,
announced that for a
second consecutive
year the Chinese
Cultural Promotional
Society (CCPS) will
feature some of
China’s most
celebrated artists
at the show.
Artexpo will be held
at Pier 94—NYC's
“Art & Design
Pier”—on the Hudson
from March 25-27.
The CCPS will
present 25-30 top
Chinese artists,
many from the
avant-garde
Beijing
798 Art District and
the Song Zhuang Art
District, as well as
from Shanghai,
and Shandong.
The MENTAIGNE
GALLERY from Shanghai
will spotlight
nationally acclaimed
XU JIE.
Born in Shanghai and
graduated from the
Art Institute of
Shanghai University
in 1991 with a major
in oil painting, she
has participated in
exhibitions held in
Beijing, Shanghai,
Hong Kong, Venice
and Japan.
Reflecting
originality and
unique skill, her
works have been
appreciated by
collectors all over
the world,
especially in Europe
and east Asia.
XU JIE’S
paintings can be
found in
corporations, homes,
and art galleries in
over 30 countries.
In XU JIE’S
“Chinese Boys
and Girls” series of
oil paintings, she
puts the gaze of her
subjects squarely on
the viewer. Beady
eyes peer at you,
turning the act of
observation on its
head. One cannot
help but become the
subject of their
scrutiny and wonder,
“What is it they
see?”
In a telling recount
of her childhood,
she refers to the
boys she played with
as “wild children,”
and how their
carefree disregard
for the sun “turned
our fair skin to a
shade of tan and our
cheeks to tomato
red.” To her, those
years were “a
perfect dream” and
she relives them on
the easel in
lovingly layered
strokes of richly
toned oil paint in
the colors of her
memories.
The multiplicity of
children in her
oeuvre is elucidated
by the artist’s
confession of being
afraid of
loneliness, both for
herself and her only
son. The unfulfilled
desire to have a
large family might
explain why few of
her subjects stand
alone. In this
light, the faces
seem to take on a
look of quiet
longing.
According to
Gu Wencan,
Vice President of
the CCPS Arts
&
Exhibition Committee,
Artexpo New York is
the most successful
commercial art show
in the world. “As
such, this is the
perfect show for
introducing our top
Chinese artists to
the international
art market. In
addition to bringing
more artists from
China to the U.S.,
we hope to host
Artexpo in China in
2012. When that
happens, the show
will break all
previous records for
attendance and
art sales!”
About Artexpo New
York
Artexpo is the
world’s largest fine
art trade show,
providing dealers
with access to
thousands of
innovative works
from artists and
publishers in one
single venue. Over
its 32-year history,
Artexpo New York has
hosted many of the
world’s most
renowned artists,
including Andy
Warhol, Peter Max,
Robert Rauschenberg,
Robert Indian,
Keith
Haring and
Leroy Neiman. To
learn more, visit
www.ArtexpoNewYork.com
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