Xue Song, New Heights, 2021

Working together with Xue Song, Loftyart is proud to present a series of handcrafted, limited edition, silkscreen prints, each signed and numbered by the artist. The series takes Xue Song’s iconic style and transforms it into printed images through an extensive printmaking process. Every detail of each image is divided into individual screens and colors, and then layered back together, forming the composition piece by piece in a high number of runs. The process draws on the latest contemporary printmaking techniques and meets all the challenges of recreating the highly-detailed nature of Xue Song’s style of collage.

The dynamic composition is dominated by a central peak sloping diagonally across the painting. A sense of movement is further illustrated by the succession of rising green mountains in the background. A scholar at the foot of the mountain begins his ascend as he glances up at a temple high above, thereby symbolizing personal journey and spiritual growth.

Artist: Xue Song (b. 1965)
Title: New Heights
Date: 2021
Medium: Silkscreen Print on Paper (20 Screens, 28 Colors, 28 Runs)
Image: 82 x 60 cm (32 ¹/₄ x 23 ⁵/₈ in.)
Paper: Fabriano, 100% Cotton, 290 g/m², 97 x 70 cm (38 ³/₁₆ x 27 ⁹/₁₆ in.)
Editions of 99, 9 APs, 1 PP
Signed, numbered, and dated by the Artist
Frame: 110 x 80 x 2.3 cm (43 ¹/₄ x 31 ¹/₂ x 1 in.), Sold separately