Dan Xu’s Statement
Dan Xu is centred around her exploration and use of the Chinese Observe method, a visual recording technique for landscape painting that originated in the Song Dynasty. Xu believes that this ancient method of aerial perspective and mixed perspectives can provide a new way of interpreting and creating art that is not limited to the visual arts but can be used in a wide range of fields.
Xu's goal is to make this old way of painting accessible to people all over the world, not just the Chinese. She sees her methodology as a revised idea and an inflammatory challenge to the theory of oriental painting. Xu also aims to complete his documenting projects for the Saint John landscape and the historic site of NB and the Bay of Fundy, and the Beauty of Canada, which will provide practical examples of his method. With sufficient support and resources, Xu hopes to write and publish his theories and demonstrations and face the doubts of art history academic circles.
In the past two years, with the strong support of the Canadian Arts Council, in 2021, Dan Xu completed the project "Beautiful Canada - Using Chinese Classical Perspective" and created this series of 11 pieces art works, with total of ten-meter-long «The Bay of Fundy». Now she is to explore a new project: The Rocky Mountains.
Dan Xu is centred around her exploration and use of the Chinese Observe method, a visual recording technique for landscape painting that originated in the Song Dynasty. Xu believes that this ancient method of aerial perspective and mixed perspectives can provide a new way of interpreting and creating art that is not limited to the visual arts but can be used in a wide range of fields.
Xu's goal is to make this old way of painting accessible to people all over the world, not just the Chinese. She sees her methodology as a revised idea and an inflammatory challenge to the theory of oriental painting. Xu also aims to complete his documenting projects for the Saint John landscape and the historic site of NB and the Bay of Fundy, and the Beauty of Canada, which will provide practical examples of his method. With sufficient support and resources, Xu hopes to write and publish his theories and demonstrations and face the doubts of art history academic circles.
In the past two years, with the strong support of the Canadian Arts Council, in 2021, Dan Xu completed the project "Beautiful Canada - Using Chinese Classical Perspective" and created this series of 11 pieces art works, with total of ten-meter-long «The Bay of Fundy». Now she is to explore a new project: The Rocky Mountains.
