User:Moshis63/gap analysis

Gap analysis
Xing Danwen
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I looked at the artists on our course website and noticed that Xing Danwen did not come up in Wikipedia site. However her name is mentioned in the “photography in china” page. There definitely can be a link to who she is and her work or pertaining to “photography in china”. This gap limits her work as a Chinese woman, especially since she challenges many social hierarchies through her artwork. Her current work and view on globalization is also very interesting. It seems her work is known beyond china but also abroad and should be added to Wikipedia. From a feminists lens her work contributes to the agency of Chinese woman that are non-conforming to just decorative art or photography, but pushing these artistic boundaries.


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Born in 1976, Xing Danwen used Photography as an art form. Growing up in china she uses her art to challenge the Chinese status quo. Her artwork expanded in New York. She began creating art through forms such as video and multimedia installations.

Xing began art school in 1982 at Xi’an, then in Beijing and went New York. Her artwork became known abroad, being featured in museums such as the Whitney museum and the Albert museum.

Xing also has her Sleep Walking series that was created in 2001. She bases this series off her trip to Paris where she felt out place. Her perception of Paris wasn’t the same as she had imagined. This led her to the questions of reality and illusions due to her feeling of dislocation.

Her current work focuses on the theme of globalization. In 2004 she created the series, Urban Fiction. This is based of her seeing spaces change into what becomes contemporary. A demonstration of this was the east village in China. A space of struggling upcoming artists that became filled with new buildings, basically remade from old to new. This now contemporary space occupied by galleries and art academy’s is actually where she creates some of her artwork.


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"Xing Danwen." Aptglobal. Artist Pension Trust, n.d. Web. Vine, Richard. "Xding Danwen."artinamerica.Art in America, Feb 2010. Web. "Xing Danwen." redmansion. Red Mansion Foundation, Web. "Xing Danwen." artspace. Art Space, Web. Mastelli, Chiara. "An accurate concentration toward the progress." wsimag. Wall Street International Art, June 2014. Web.