Line between fact and fiction blurs

In Milan, a Beijing visual artist shows how far she has traveled. Mariella Radaelli reports.

Xing Danwen captures drama, emotions and dreams, all through a camera. She mixes fact and fiction to reveal a larger reality. In China, she was one of the first artists to explore the boundaries of photography, transcending its limits. "I have been taking photographs for 25 years now," says Xing. She is a soft-spoken Chinese woman who has achieved enormous success in Europe with her innovative art.

To Xing, photographs are not vehicles for depicting the obvious. She uses photography to ponder questions that cannot be easily answered.