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Gu Xiong
 

 
Ding Ho/Group of 7
May 6 - September 10, 2000

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    • May 2000
    Ding Ho/Group of 7
  • Exhibition Description
  • Exhibition Pieces
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    Gu Xiong's "The Mountains", 1999, referred to Gu Xiong's experiences in the rural mountains where he was sent during China's Cultural Revolution in 1972.  
    Gu Xiong - The Mountains - 1999 - multimedia - 40 x 30 x 12 inches
    		    
             
    Gu Xiong's 61-foot installation "The River", 1998, featured 200 cast salmon suspended in the space above an arrangement of Chinese artifacts drawn from Canadian collections.

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    Gu Xiong - The River - 1998 - installation - 61 x 30 x 13 inches
    		   Gu Xiong - The River - 1998 - installation - 61 x 30 x 13 inches
             
    Gu Xiong's earliest concepts of Canada were based on images by painters in the Group of Seven, such as A.J. Casson's "White Pine", c.1957.  
    A.J. Casson (1898-1992) - White Pine - c.1957 - oil on panel
    		    
             
    Andrew Hunter's earliest impressions of China and Chinese people were formed at the Ding Ho Restaurant in Hamilton, Ontario during the early 1970s.  
    Ding Ho Restaurant
    		    
             
    Video documentation of Gu Xiong's performance work incorporated his 1997-98 multimedia collaboration with his teenaged daughter Gu Yu in "A Girl from China".  
    Gu Xiong - To Belong - 1995 - charcoal on canvas - 8 x 15 inches
    		    
             
    Gu Xiong drew the "Yellow Pear Tree" during his first return to China in 10 years.  
    Gu Xiong - The Yellow Pear Tree - 1995 - charcoal on canvas - 5 x 8 inches
    		    
             

    One of Gu Xiong's beautiful cloud drawings, "Above the Clouds", 1995, was created in memory of his time on the mountains during the Cultural Revolution.

    		  



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