San Diego Fine Art Society Opens Pulse Featuring Chinese Master Sculptor Xiaoye Sun
Pulse is a fine art gallery that creates a window to what’s hot and happening with regional and international contemporary art.
San Diego, CA, January 14, 2011 — San Diego Fine Art Society (SDFAS) launches Pulse with an international exhibition in partnership with Alexander Salazar Fine Art to feature Master Sculptor Xiaoye Sun.
Xiaoye’s outstanding artistic sensibility and creativity originates from his thinking and reflections about life. To search for the essence of the art of sculpture, he studied many books on philosophy to draw upon themes. Artistic inspirations and ideas that come through diligence and hard work are sure to transform into amazing works of art through the hands of Xiaoye.
“Xiaoye’s caliber of talent is an example of what the art world can expect from Pulse,” said April Game, founding executive director of SDFAS. “Our goal is to expose San Diegans and our visiting art lovers to superlative works of art without having to travel the world to international art fairs. We will be seeking the unique hidden jewels from the far corners of the globe who have mastered the preservation of time and places through their work.”
His works express his understanding of the world, love, the human race and the self. Much of Xiaoye’s work reflects the human behaviors that mirror an animal like nature: searching for friends, searching for food, playing, and having an attraction to one another. He believes that many of these behaviors can be understood by animals. In a piece titled “Suicide”, Sun depicts the understanding by animals why people smoke, self-mutilate, and even commit suicide. In this work, the dog represents the animal nature with his eyes fixed on a man committing suicide. His head is tilted, showing clearly that he does not understand but is curious. Maybe he is waiting for his master to finish doing this and take him out to play.
“When I was first exposed to Xiaoye’s portfolio, I was taken aback by the complex content of the subject matter,” said Alex Salazar, owner of Alexander Salazar Fine Art. “There is instant rapport with each piece and a deep curiosity for what is really taking place. It is thrilling to see this caliber of work represented in our city.”
More About Xiaoye Sun:
Born in Beiging in 1979, Xiaoye displayed a strong desire and love for art at a young age, and exhibited great artistic creativity. His talent was recognized by his teachers as young as age five, he made with clay the heads of a human and a goat, which were considered as good as college works by an professor who participated in the designing and sculpting of the Monument to the People’s Heroes at Tian’anmen Square in Beijing.
In 2004, Xiaoye received his Master’s Degree from the Ilya Repin St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Fine Arts, Sculpture And Architecture.
Since 2010, he has been employed as an artist by the Jiangsu Wuxi Modern Art Research Institute, and his works have been on display in the Changshu Museum and the Dachun Art Gallery in the Beijing’s 798 Art Zone. His work is currently on display in the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center. In the United States, he is represented by Alexander Salazar Fine Art. Major clients include the St. Petersburg Concert Hall and the City of Shanghai.
About Pulse:
Pulse is dedicated to strengthening the pulse of the art community through education and collaboration. The art gallery of the San Diego Fine Art Society, Pulse exhibits satellite exhibitions from the galleries of art dealers volunteering their time and talent in the Society’s Artist Mentor Program and curates original exhibitions of high-quality regional fine art. Acting as a portal into the greater art world, Pulse reveals what’s hot and happening in contemporary art. Dedicated to supporting art education and community building, the gallery has a rich schedule of programming throughout the year. Located at the NTC Promenade in San Diego’s culturally rich Point Loma community. www.pulsegallery.org
Pulse Address: NTC Promenade, Liberty Station 2825 Dewey Road, Suite 103, San Diego, Calif.
SDFAS is a non-profit organization committed to strengthening the pulse of the art community through education and collaboration. Key programs include the Mentor Program, ArtPulse.TV, ArtPulse:Mobile, the annual Society Ball (April 9, 2011), and the Annual Art Awards (September 3, 2011).
SDFAS acts as a bridge connecting the businesses, agencies and artists doing good work all around San Diego, and builds the general public’s interest and awareness of arts programming. SDFAS will be partnering with Americans for the Arts to help in compiling data the Arts & Economic Prosperity IV: The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts and Culture Organizations and Their Audiences in San Diego County to be released in 2012.
SDFAS is removing barriers and building bridges throughout the San Diego art community, helping San Diego to reach its potential as a top arts destination in the country. SDFAS is a nonprofit agency under 501(c)(3) status, CA ID #26-0525819. For more information, please visit www.sdfas.org.
About Alexander Salazar Fine Art:
Located in Downtown San Diego on the corner of 7th and Broadway, Alexander Salazar Fine Art is one of San Diego’s hottest high-end fine art salons spanning 2,000 square ft, featuring the works of emerging as well as established and well-renowned painters and sculptors from the United States and Abroad. Owner and Curator, Alexander Salazar is a Harvard alumnus and well-respected Art Dealer in San Diego, CA for over four years. Alex opened his new gallery in March this year. His credentials are rock solid: holds a Masters Degree in Theology and Art from Harvard University and a second Masters in Sociology and Art from Boston College. Whilst an undergraduate at the Colorado College, he lived in London where he studied Modern and Contemporary Art before moving to Florence, Italy to pursue research on Masters such at Bernini and Botticelli. With over 12 years of experience as an Art Dealer around the country, Salazar continues to build museum-quality private, corporate, and celebrity collections worldwide. For more information, please visit www.alexandersalazarfineart.com.
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