Cang Xin

Cang Xin was born in Heilongjiang Province, China.

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Cang Xin approaches his work as a means to promote harmonious communication with nature. His works have included bathing with lizards, adorning the clothing of strangers, and prostrating himself on icy glaciers: each act represents a ritual of becoming the other.{{cite web|last=Xin|first=Cang|title=Artists profile|url=http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/cang_xin.htm|accessdate=21 April 2012}} Cang Xin combines art and music. He gained an interest in art during his training in music school but never got any formal training in art. Most of his works are performance art. He was made famous by Communication, a performance series where he licked various objects to become closer to them. These objects varied from bugs to posters to buildings and roads to the Great Wall of China. In another series he would swap clothes with strangers. This exhibition was called Existence in Translation and These exhibitions ties in with his shamanic beliefs that all life forms are linked by the endless transmigration of souls.{{cite web|last=Xin|first=Cang|title=Cang Xin ee<<|url=http://www.whiterabbitcollection.org/artists/cang-xin/|accessdate=22 April 2012}}{{Cite web|url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2013-03/01/content_16267394.htm|title=Home is where art is ignored|Art|chinadaily.com.cn|website=usa.chinadaily.com.cn|accessdate=18 December 2023}}

Cang Xin exhibited locally in China and internationally. He exhibited in group exhibitions in Seattle Art Museum, David and Alfred Smart Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, International Center of Photography, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Guangdong Museum, Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art, Red Gate Gallery, Yuangong Art Museum in Shanghai. He participated in international art festivals, including International Art Expo in Bologna, International Photography Festival in Pingyao, Biennale of Sydney,{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/review-dobell-australian-drawing-biennial-art-gallery-nsw-20160906-gr9vr0.html|title=Review: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial, Art Gallery NSW|date=7 September 2016}} International Performance Art Festival in Tokyo, Nanjing International Arts Festival.{{cite web |url=https://www.artforum.com/news/id=63634 |title=Nanjing International Arts Festival Reveals Theme and List of 315 Participating Artists - artforum.com / news |website=www.artforum.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924163126/http://www.artforum.com/news/id=63634 |archive-date=2016-09-24}} He also exhibited in several public galleries around the world, including China, Australia,{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/the-vile-bodies-exhibition-is-mind-boggling-in-scale-and-size-20161108-gskh3w.html|title = The Vile Bodies exhibition is mind-boggling in scale and size|date = 9 November 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://adelaidereview.com.au/arts/visual-arts/close-encounters-of-the-unworldly-kind/|title = Close Encounters of the Unworldly Kind|date = 7 September 2016}} USA, Spain{{Cite web|url=http://www.eldiario.es/norte/cantabria/ultima-hora/Cang-Xin-Biblioteca-Central-Cantabria_0_537196508.html|title=El artista chino Cang Xin expone una retrospectiva de su obra en la Biblioteca Central de Cantabria|date=14 July 2016}} and Italy.

During a special exhibition focused on chinese contemporary artists, the auctionner Marc-Arthur Kohn organized the sailing of Cang Xin's masterpieces.

Cang Xin works have been included in the Phaidon owned "Art Space" collection of Chinese artworks "From Past To Present: Chinese Photography".{{Cite web|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/04/artspace-releases-from-pa_n_1563138.html|title=From Beijing to You, in Photographs|website=HuffPost|date=4 June 2012}}

• Beijing East Village

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• [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/cang_xin.htm Cang Xin at the Saatchi Gallery]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070419005509/http://www.10chancerylanegallery.com/artists/catalog/Featured%20Artist/CangXin/page1/ Cang Xin at 10 Chancery Lane Gallery]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070516014953/http://www.chengxindong.com/artist/guonei/cangxin.htm Cang Xin at Xin Dong Chen Gallery]
• [http://www.espace-ample.com Cang Xin at Espace Cultural Ample]
• [https://www.kohn.paris/catalogue/12-juin-2019/ Auctions catalogue] Chinese art
• [https://cangxinart.com Cang Xin - Official website]

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Category:1967 births

Category:Living people

Category:21st-century Chinese photographers

Category:Artists from Heilongjiang

Category:21st-century Chinese male artists