Hu Xiangcheng, Oil Painting, In The Style Of ChineseSigned (lower left), The frame is slightly knocked and crackedImage Size: 12 1/2 by 9 in. (31 by 22 cm.) All measurements are approximate.Hu Xiangcheng graduated from the Stage Art Department of the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1977 and taught at the Art Department of Tibetan University for three years beginning in 1978, where he experienced the inseparable and alternative realm of the spiritual and material worlds of Tibet. 1986 Hu Xiangcheng lived in Japan and engaged in the study of contemporary art, folk craft and plasticity, and in the early 1990s, Hu Xiangcheng participated in the creation of the Shanghai Biennale and soon after, he In the early 1990s, Hu Xiangcheng participated in the creation of the Shanghai Biennale and soon afterwards began a three-year artistic creation and travel expedition to Southern Africa. From Shanghai to Tibet, to Tokyo, to Africa, to New York, to Paris, and to the Chinese countryside, Hu Xiangcheng conducted in-depth cultural and artistic activities as a resident, not a tourist, suggesting that contemporary artists from different regions should have different tasks, and that contemporary artists' involvement in society should not only stop at the level of raising problems, but more importantly, should actively participate in and find solutions to social problems. It is more important for contemporary artists to actively participate and find solutions to social problems. Since 2000, Hu Xiangcheng has returned to China to carry out the revival of traditional Chinese culture and to actively advocate and enhance rural civilization. In the suburbs of Shanghai, such as Jinze, Qingpu and Zhujiajiao, he has conducted case studies based on extensive social research on the reconstruction of social life, from the paving of roads integrated into old streets to the restoration of buildings using the construction method, from the inheritance and organization of traditional crafts to the revival of Chinese national festivals founded by our wise ancestors, involving the whole range of life, including architecture, space, artifacts and rituals. Taking these cases as a starting point, he hopes to re-establish theplete oriental living system, a living world with rituals, degrees, feelings and righteousness. Some of the group exhibitions Hu Xiangcheng has participated in include the International Open Sculpture Exhibition in Venice, Italy (2004), the Yokohama Triennial "Architectural Violations" in Japan (2005), "Microcosm - View: Contemporary Chinese Art" at the Macao Museum of Art (2007), and the Sao Paulo Biennial. (2007) and the Sao Paulo Biennial (2008); his most recent solo exhibitions include "Journey of a Stranger" at the Shanghai Art Museum (2008) and "Out of Mind" at Shanghai Hussain Gallery (2010). As a curator, he participated in the Taipei Fine Arts Museum's exhibition "Modern Art in Chinese Space: Yellow Box" and was the artistic director of the Afric