Xi Guo, China

“For me, a Taoist, life and death are the alternation of seasons. Birth and death are like coming from the “Tao” and going back to the “Tao”. By my paintings, both nature and portraits, I am seeking the beauty of the forms of lives, delightful and ugly, booming and straggling, flourishing and dead.

My paintings are also about the need for something that is capable of taking viewers out of here, out of themselves, even if they know that everything is phantom, everything, excluding no-thing, is not permanent, even if it is just for a moment. It’s about investigating the impermanence of images, thoughts, realities and dreams.”

IWM2022 is Xi Guo’s first live appearance in the UK and tickets for her demo for SAA TV on May 25th are  in very high demand. Capacity at IWM2022 will be limited in the interests of audience comfort. Tickets are on sale now.

Xi Guo @IWM2022

May 25th 12.30pm Live DEMO

Main Stage IWM Arena

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