Who is the Fairest of Them All 02052019, oil on linen, 160x170cm,2019
When she's alone & Love yourself
When she's alone & Love yourself 是 Yang Xu 於2020 畢業於Royal College of Art 皇家藝術學院繪畫碩士(2018-20年)的作品，主要是透過以傳統油畫為基礎的繪畫，表現的也是由古典油畫受啓發而做出的完全超脫現實的幻想。
For me, painting has the power to realise fantasies from a plain canvas. I use painting to reach out to time and space that’s far away and to bring reality to illusions. Under the influence of the Rococo movement, I portray constructed performative female identities. I look at women under the male gaze in art history, from Fragonard and Velazquez to Bosch and Sargent. I aim to empower women by painting them and only them alone so as to lend some restorative privacy.
Yang Xu 認為繪畫是一種很有魔力力的東西，它可以把任何想象出來的任何東西變成真實的。用繪畫展現在現實生活中用表演藝術很難展現出來的幻想。
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Yang Xu 是中英攝影協會China Photography Association 副主席。2019年巴比肯藝術集團信託藝術作品開幕獎得主，其個展為 ‘100 Carat Diamond’ 「100克拉鑽石」(2020年)。許曾獲得包括2020年當代青年藝術家、2019年簽名藝術獎在內的多個獎項提名。
她在Air Gallery Open (2019) 和 On the Mountain，我們待在居民(2019)上獲得了高度贊揚獎，以及在中國No Space Organisation 組織支持。她還入圍了 Clyde & Co Art Award (2018) 和Whitechapel Gallery First Thursday University Competition (2017)。2017年，Yang Xu 與溫布爾登藝術學院泰特現代美術館的繪畫研究團隊合作完成了「成像技術」藝術項目，2016年，她與Monster Chetwynd at Royal Festival Hall (2016) 合作完成了「她來了」藝術項目。她的作品在中國和歐洲被收藏。
My Shoe 20112019, Oil on Linen, 35.4 x 28 cm.
Yang Xu正在通過繪畫、數位攝影和混合媒體探索她的個人興趣、童年幻想、戀物癖和身份。她在研究歷史，發現一些屬於我們天性的東西，比如對糖上癮但又想回避的性和身體。
她認為我們的行為是基於我們所看到的行為，在一個構建的身份下，我們戴上面具，自由地行動。我工作的表演性質允許我用我的身體把幻想變成現實。
Yang Xu指出 Rococo 洛可可是繪畫史上有趣而神秘的一段插曲。從法國大革命開始，這段時期被視為空虛、奢侈和腐敗。由於權力的特權和性別的刻板印象，Rococo 洛可可被20世紀道德准則的重壓所淹沒。她想用它來重新闡釋我們的當代時代。我們如何與名人或真人秀電視互動，如何通過Instagram把生活變成舞台劇。
她試圖通過俏皮的筆觸來揭示Rococo 洛可可的精緻和奢華的繪畫風格。她一層一層的塗抹她的作品。所有這些不同的手法都是為了讓人們感受到油畫顏料滑到織物上時的粘稠感，就像在蛋糕上塗糖霜一樣。這些手法讓人惡心，但卻很美味。洛可可是這樣一種被中傷的藝術形式，但它卻被我們應該擁有的理想、希望和夢想所支撐。
人物周圍鏡子的空曠，背景的黑暗，帶來孤獨、緊張和危機感。這個空間是私人的，探索女性可以做什麼。她的臉模糊了，或者被面具遮住了。她可以是任何人，或者任何人都可以是她。這是我的另一個自我，它把「自我」描繪成可以讓任何人穿上的皮膚。
Yang Xu相信宇宙的力量，相信當我們讓自己的想象力自由發揮的時候，一切皆有可能。永遠不會迷路，因為她一直擁有自己，但有時候，想擁有一些美好。
I am exploring my personal interests, childhood fantasies, fetish and identity through painting, digital & film photography and mixed media. I am looking into history, finding the things that are a part of our nature, like sugar - addictive but we might like to shy away from - sexuality and body.
I consider our actions are based on the actions that we have seen, under a constructed identity we put masks on and act with free will. This performativity nature of my work allows me to use my body to bring fantasies into reality.
Rococo was a playful and mysterious episode in the history of painting. From the french revolution onward, the period was seen as void, lavish and corrupt. With its privileging of power and gender stereotype, Rococo is buried under the weight of 20th-century moral disciplines. I want to resuscitate it to speak to our contemporary moment. How we engage with celebrities or reality TVs and how we turned life into stage play through Instagram.
I attempt to uncover Rococo’s elaborate and extravagant style in paintings through playful brushstrokes. I paint my works layer by layer with smudges and touches. All those different twists are used to feel the creaminess of the oil paint as it slides onto the textile-like applying icing on a cake, they are sickening but delicious. Rococo is such a maligned art form, but it is underpinned by idealisations, hopes and dreams we should have access to.
The emptiness in the mirror around the figure and dark background brings loneliness, tension and a sense of danger. The space is private, explores what women can do. Her face is blurred, or covered by a mask. She could be anyone, or anyone could be her. This is my alter-ego and portrays a ‘self’ as a skin for anyone to put on.
I believe in the power of the universe and the possibilities that open up when we let our imaginations run free. I can never get lost because I always have myself, but sometimes, I want to have some fabulousness.
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