Beyond Watching：Solo Exhibition by Xianzhi Tu

Welcom all friends:
Reception: Thursday, 2018 January 11th 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

Exhibit dates: Friday, January 5 - Sunday, January 28th
Address: 345 Monmouth Ave N Monmouth OR. US 97361 (Hamersly library, Western Oregon University)

Pictures of Exhibition

New media environment has created new cultural phenomena. The juxtaposition of virtuality and reality and the disappearance of childhood reflect the media's withdrawal and consumption of time. When people seek social symbiosis and linkages in a media environment, their simplicity becomes a force expressing their own desires and being closer to reality.

The arts' taking effect depends on whether the idea of the work is effectively mediated through the media to facilitate communication and resonance with the audience. Through the dialogue among business environment, media environment, and the general public, the "Moe", pop, witty, sexy, glamorous, and symbolic formal features in the animation art are transformed into the affinity and effective critical artistic language, which has become the entry point of my art practice. The exhibition shows a series of art practices based on my personal cultural experiences of self-reconstruction from observation, perception, questioning, reflection, and awakening. Beyond watching, returning to one's real self is the ultimate appeal of my artistic expression.

Xianzhi Tu
Visiting Professor at Western Oregon University
Translated by Xinjie "Stanlie" Luo

Xianzhi Tu：Designer, Artist, Assistant Professor, Research Visiting Scholor in USA