商徐宏
Projects
Farewell
FAREWELL is a multimedia exploration of departure, displacement, and the fragile intersections between memory and modernity. Through a layered approach that includes painting, photography, digital media, video, and installation, the project reflects on the emotional and psychological dimensions of global movement—both voluntary and involuntary.
When Night Falls
When Night Falls is a multifaceted project composed of six interrelated series, each investigating the psychological condition of contemporary humanity with varying degrees of specificity. The most general of the series examines the difficulty of focusing—visually and conceptually—and the resulting disorientation in one’s sense of self and place. At its core, the project questions how individuals locate themselves—physically, emotionally, and philosophically—within an increasingly ambiguous and fragmented world.
Momentary
Momentary project consisted with 4 series of the work, Momentary multimedia installation, Pond installation, Momentary paining and Horizon installation. As an across media project, it exploration of landscape and nature reveals the impossibility of a fully objective viewpoint. Instead, the work invites a meditative engagement—a dialectic between logic and imagination, perception and illusion. The project does not attempt to assert absolute truths but rather questions the very nature of truth as an evolving interplay of opposites.
Whispers of Stone
Whispers of Stone compresses two interrelated bodies of work—Mountain (1993–2014) and Virtual (2010–2012)—into a unified exploration of visual perception, cultural resonance, and the shifting nature of reality. Spanning nearly two decades, the project reflects an evolving investigation into the tension between form and formlessness, structure and spontaneity.
About Artist
Xuhong Shang is a multimedia experimental artist whose transcontinental journey between
Shanghai, New York City, and Southern Illinois has profoundly shaped his artistic voice.
Born in Shanghai, China, Shang received his B.A. in Painting from Shanghai Teachers
University, his M.A. in Painting from Illinois State University, and his M.F.A. in Studio Art
from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia.
Over the past three decades, Shang has exhibited extensively across the United States, Asia,
and Europe. His work has been showcased at institutions such as the Nexus Contemporary
Art Center (Atlanta), the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art (Connecticut), the
Contemporary Art Museum (Baltimore), the Muskegon Museum of Art (Michigan), the
Shanghai Art Museum, the Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, the Fine Arts Museum
(Kumamoto, Japan), and Sotheby’s in Tel Aviv, Vienna, and Chicago. His art has also
appeared in galleries including Plum Blossoms Galleries (New York, Hong Kong,
Singapore), Hua Gallery (London), Leda Fletcher Gallery (Geneva), and Richard Gray
Gallery (Chicago), among many others.
A recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts/Southern Arts Federation Regional
Visual Arts Fellowship and the Art Matters Fellowship, Shang has maintained studios in both
the United States and China. His creative practice is rooted in multimedia installation and
painting, exploring the poetic tension between reality and abstraction, and between intuition
and structure. His work bridges cultural sensibilities and personal narratives, reflecting his
identity as an artist shaped by multiple geographies and histories.
Shang’s career has been widely documented in publications such as NY Arts, Sculpture, Art
Papers, Asian Art News, and The Atlanta Constitution. His work has been featured in
catalogs and books including New American Paintings (Vol. 16), International Young Art
2000 (Sotheby’s), Mapping the Self (Telfair Museum of Art), and Words in Characters;
Books as Vehicle (Stanford University East Asia Library). Notable solo publications
include Representation/Reality: Xuhong Shang (Plum Blossoms International, 2001), Xuhong
Shang (Hua Gallery, 2012), and Momentary (Mitchell Museum, 2007), which was acquired
by the Princeton University Library collection.
Beyond his studio practice, Shang serves as Director and Professor at the School of Art and
Design at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He has delivered lectures and conducted
workshops at institutions across the United States, China, and Singapore.
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