In Conversation with Hot Contemporary Artist Hu Xiangqian
In anticipation of Asia Week, Artsy’s Christine Kuan and Bethina Liu chatted with one of China’s hottest young contemporary artists, Hu Xiangqian. Born in Guangdong, living in Beijing, and now an artist in residence at Residency Unlimited in New York through the Asian Cultural Council fellowship, Hu is best known for his video works, Blue Flags Everywhere, which features the artist’s mock attempt to run for mayor of his hometown at the age of 21, and Sun, where he tries to tan himself the same shade as his African friends. His work is currently on view at the Rubell Family Collection in “28 Chinese” (Dec 4 2013-August 1 2014), and has previously been exhibited at Rockbund Art Museum, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Minsheng Art Museum, UCCA, and more. Subversive, talented, and wickedly funny—despite his not thinking so—Hu talks to Artsy about the similarities between New York and Beijing, how he still can’t eat noodles and burgers, and why he’s actually been famous for a long time.
Read the interview in Chinese here.
or the full interview here: https://artsy.net/post/bethina-in-conversation-with-hot-contemporary-artist-hu-1
