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March 23, 2005

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Chinese-Born Visiting Artist To Present Slide Lecture

Artist Xiaoze Xie will present a lecture at 7 p.m. March 31 in the Boise State University Student Union Building Hatch Ballroom A. The presentation is free.

Xie also will be available to meet with art students for studio critiques.

Xie was born and raised in China. He investigates the relationships between history, media, time and culture through paintings, photos, videos and installations. Art critic Eleanor Hartney says that Xie’s recent work is “a kind of modern-day history painting which incorporates both our longing for certainty and our doubts about its credibility.”

Xie’s work has appeared at many places in the United States and abroad, including the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, the University of Michigan, the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (where he was featured in a two-person exhibition along with George Segal) and the Shantou Painting Institute in Guangdong, China. Xie’s work also has appeared at the Boise Art Museum, and he will be featured there as part of a group exhibition in December.  Xie now teaches at Bucknell University in Lewistown, Pa.

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Contact: Tudor Mitroi, Art Department, (208) 426-1087, tudormitroi@boisestate.edu 

Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Relations, (208) 426-5540, juliehahn@boisestate.edu

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Last reviewed on Thursday, December 22, 2005