vvvvvTraditional
Girl is an assemblage of images, printed from vvvvvwood
blocks,type and rubber stamps of various sizes and
vvvvvcolored
by hand to produce something that is between a print
vvvvvand
a painting. The two side panels of this work may seem
vvvvvidentical
at first glance, but a closer look will reveal vvvvvmany
variations. In the decorative borders that surround
the vvvvvwoodcuts
of the “traditional girl” smaller elements are vvvvvrepeated
over and over: a fish, a grotesque mask, Chinese vvvvvwriting,
and the Arabic numerals familiar to Europeans and
vvvvvAmericans.
vvvvvZheng
Xuewu studied printmaking at Harbin University in
vvvvvnortheastern
China. Since the early 1990s he has been active vvvvvin
Beijing, the capital of China and the one city with
a vvvvvsignificant
community of full-time professional artists. vvvvvDuring
the month of November he is a visiting artist at the
vvvvvUNC
Art Department. You can see more of his work on display
vvvvvin
the Art Department office, in the Hanes Art Center
next vvvvvdoor
to the Ackland.
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvTimothy
Riggs,the curator of the Ackland Museum
