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In all cases, her composed visual fictions express profound truths about the events and upheavals that shape who she is–and who we all are.” – \u003ca class=\"external-link-aria-label-added external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laweekly.com\/meet-artist-mei-xian-qiu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"LA Weekly (Link goes to a different website and opens in a new window).\"\u003eLA Weekly\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-lovers","title":"The Lovers","description":"Photograph on plexiglass substrate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e40\" X 40\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mei Xian Qiu works in the medium of photography – but her broader subject is the construction of identity. Across international boundaries, waves of cultural propaganda, generational, linguistics and political divides, and histories both official and personal, she diligently reconstructs subversive versions of state-sponsored social frameworks. Increasingly, she also works with historical archive materials in more gestural, emotional and materially visceral collage modes that reveal the forces of hybridity at work in these matters. In all cases, her composed visual fictions express profound truths about the events and upheavals that shape who she is–and who we all are.” - \u003ca class=\"external-link-aria-label-added external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laweekly.com\/meet-artist-mei-xian-qiu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"LA Weekly (Link goes to a different website and opens in a new window).\"\u003eLA Weekly\u003c\/a\u003e","brand":"Mei Xian Qiu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53645111361900,"sku":null,"price":6000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0957\/9023\/6012\/files\/mashgallery-mei-xian-qiu-the-lovers_jpeg.webp?v=1776880484"},{"product_id":"the-orchid","title":"The Orchid","description":"Photograph on plexiglass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e36\" X 24\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mei Xian Qiu works in the medium of photography – but her broader subject is the construction of identity. 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Across international boundaries, waves of cultural propaganda, generational, linguistics and political divides, and histories both official and personal, she diligently reconstructs subversive versions of state-sponsored social frameworks. Increasingly, she also works with historical archive materials in more gestural, emotional and materially visceral collage modes that reveal the forces of hybridity at work in these matters. 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