Hu Wei's (胡伟) practice takes various media, such as video, installation, performance, and writing, to establish an artistic relationship between the reality (non-artistic gesture) and 'art tales'. Combining the observation of individuality and social realism, recently he is exploring the mediation or irreconcilable phenomenology between technology and the human condition, and in which the emerging political, economic, ethical issues are embedded.
Read MoreThe recent exhibitions Hu once participated include: Towards the Emergence of Resistance (Taking Space, 2016), Collective Disorder / After Speaking (Greylight Projects, Brussels), Shanghai Projects-Qidian (Himalayas Museum, 2016), Songs For A Deaf Ox ( Arnhem, NL), Break The Floor (Rabbithole, NY), Invitation to the Blues (Punt WG Space, Amsterdam), Beginnings of Conversations (Sazmanab Center for Contemporary Art, Tehran) etc.
Hu Wei currently works and lives in Beijing. Graduated from Painting Department of CAFA, 2012, and obtained an MA at Dutch Art Institute in 2016. He also participated artist-in-residency in Portugal, Netherlands and Mexico.
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