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Xingzi Gu



   



Anomaly Tales, a performance at Orchid Alley Community Garden, part of the Seven Gardens event series, Anonymous Gallery, October, 2022. 

This performance is partly influenced by Tibetan Buddhism, uses ritual headdresses and sound to play with the components of the self in contemporary bodies. Video documentation coming soon..







巳 (Si), an action at Fort Tilden beach, NY, 2022. (Props: dried long-nosed pit viper, magnifying glass, rubbing alcohol.)

For this happening, I ignite the dried long-nosed pit viper 百花蛇 with a magnifying glass through concentrating the sunlight. Then I added rubbing alcohol to keep the flame alive.

For full video documentation please go to: https://vimeo.com/745603832














During my travel in China, I recorded people dancing in circles, I am interested in their ways of communal support, joy and resilience. The circular shape also often appears in my paintings as an evolving form of development. I am interested in this form because it suggests movement and growth, at the same it shares the same shape as the cosmic planets, which is where mythical and scientific ideas are explored.

For video collections, please go to: https://vimeo.com/user40804905

 









I have been also recording sound during my travel in China and thinking about how sound can bring and shape the memory of places. These recorded sounds are spiritual and ritualistic to me, which I find a sense of home and peace. Some recordings are Buddhist chant, and some are quotidian murmurs. I am interested in the power of sound and singing as a form of ritual that people engage with in their everyday life. Listening to the animals, I also collected cicada’s chirping as it brings memories of my childhood summertime in the rural parts of China. Further, their sound also resonates with the electronic music/experimental ambient I listen to when I make paintings, which also provides a mental space for self-care and imagination.

For sound recordings, please go to: https://soundcloud.com/down_below/tracks
IT FED ME UNTIL IT DIDN'T
80WSE Gallery.
April 5 – April 23, 2022


detail Orifice, Oil and acrylic on unstretched canvas installed with eyelets, wire, chain, turnbuckle eye/hooks and meat hooks, 67 x 40 in Nocturnal meetings, Oil on perforated, untrenched canvas, installed with insulation tubes, metallic fabric and resin, 30 x 25 in detail Another way, Soft pastel, colored pencil and acrylic on canvas, 42 x 55 in Universe a daydream, Oil pastel, soft pastel, colored pencil, and acrylic on paper, 48 x 40 in detail detail Titrate, Oil and acrylic on perforated canvas, ornamented with talisman, arrowheads, pendulum, and red string, 48 x 60 in detail detail

















Menace, oil pastel and acrylic on paper, 40 x 80 in Universe a day dream, Oil pastel, soft pastel, colored pencil and acrylic on paper, 40 x 48 in Circling, Soft pastel, colored pencil and acrylic on canvas, 43 x 55 in Saturnine, Oil pastel, soft pastel, colored pencil and acrylic on paper, 50 x 40 in Tutu, open eye open wound, Soft pastel, colored pencil and acrylic on paper, 50 x 40 in Benevolence, elsewhere, Oil pastel, soft pastel, colored pencil and acrylic on paper, 40 x 48 in Robust legs, spring freely, oil pastel, soft pastel, acrylic, beads, secondhand silk scarf and cotton blanket on paper, 40 x 28 in Robust legs, spring freely, Details Nocturnal meetings, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in Nocturnal meetings, Details In the mouth of fire, oil paint, acrylic, sponge, braided insulation foam, old clothes, reclaimed fabric and faux fur on perforated canvas, 78 x 118 x 5 in In the mouth of fire, Details Why doesn’t the big bird fly? Why doesn’t it sing? Oil pastel, soft pastel, acrylic and secondhand silk scarf on paper, 32 x 44 in










Famille Rose, ink on paper, resin, found fabric, insulation pipes, 24 x 16 x 4.5 in, 2018 After comfort and entertainment, rubber sponge, fabric, oil, acrylic on canvas, 50 x 50 in. 2017 Untitled, found fabric and acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 in, 2018 The Way Back to My House by the River, Discarded bike fender, acrylic paint on insulation pipe, oil paint on perforated canvas. 60 x 84 x 36 in, 2018 The itch, oil, acrylic, latex, fabric on canvas, 72 x 60 in. 2017 Untitled, oil on canvas, 24 x 16 in, 2018 Untitled, oil on canvas, 36 x 30 in, 2018 Untitled, napkin, imprints of plastic bag and gesso on canvas, 36 x 24 in 2018 Untitled, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in, 2018 Untitled, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 in, 2018


















Foreign melancholic, laser print on fabric, fabric, acrylic, stretcher bar, sponge rubber, projection, acrylic, canvas, pen, 48 x 60 x 72 in, 2018










Taciturn, sponge rubber, acrylic, projector, media player, wooden box, fan, fabric, 2018











There Was a Bicycle, discarded bike latches atop a temporary wall, acrylic on faux furry fabric, acrylic on braided insulation pipes, 96 x 60 x 36 in. 2019












Anaclitic. laser print on fabric, acrylic, chain, plastic tube, yarn, fabric, mesh, LED light rope, mirror, inkjet print on paper, LED light, string, steel rod, sponge rubber, 60 x 72 in. 2018












Black Bile, acrylic paint on braided insulation pipes, acrylic paint on bike handlebar, 70 x 60 x 36 in. 2019













Summer Series: Session 1 (group show) at Produce Model Gallery, 2018















Untitled, fabric, acrylic, stretcher bar 48 x 60 in, sponge rubber, found picture frame, 48 x 60 x 72 in, 2018











Untitled (Props), oil paint and braided insulation pipe on un-stretched canvas, braided insulation pipe on the floor, 48 x 36 in. 2019