Xingxin Hu
Overview
“I strive to evoke a profound response from my viewers, inviting them to reflect on their own internal desires and contradictions.” - Xingxin Hu
Xingxin Hu’s work is informed by the cinematic: captivated by the intimate moments in films that resonate with her own memories, she juxtaposes these scenes with imagery from her life to form new visual narratives. In blurring the lines between fact and fiction, collective memory and individual experience, Hu’s work becomes a deeply introspective process that allows her to examine herself and the broader spectrum of humanity.
A recurring technique in her work involves closely cropping frames in order to remove the faces and body parts of the characters depicted, reconstructing scenes to promote emotional accessibility through anonymity. By stripping her figures of their recognisable identities and partially obscuring their body parts, she creates an air of suspicion and desire, what - or who - lies beyond the frame? Her colour palette reflects these enigmatic grey areas of the human psyche, the eerily flat tones communicating a sense of profound unease. Through these frozen, vulnerable moments, Hu invites us to reflect on our own internal desires, contradictions, and the essence of human existence.
Biography
Xingxin Hu (b.1988) lives and works between Beijing and London. She completed an MA in Painting at Camberwell College of Arts (2023). She presented her debut solo show at Too Small Space, Beijing (2022). In 2023, she was shortlisted for the John Moores Painting Prize.
Her work has been included in group exhibitions with galleries such as: AMP Gallery, London (2023), Bargehouse, London (2023) Filet Gallery, London (2023) and Guardian Art Center, Beijing (2021).
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