Wang Xieda "Subject Verb Object"
James Cohan Gallery
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In this US debut exhibition view, Chinese artist Wang Xieda presents sculptures in both cast bronze and paper pulp. Xieda has brought calligraphy into three-dimensional space, continuing the impulse, intact from ancient times, to expand upon the expressive capability of language. Minimal and elegant, there is a formal kinship with David Smith and Alberto Giacometti. Conceptually, these scupltures speak to the artist's pursuit to reveal the common human experience as expressed through the origins of language.
Wang Xieda was born in Fushun, Liaoning Province in 1968, and graduated from the Sculpture Department, China Academy of Art in 1996. He has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions internationally, such as Arte Chino, Wang Xieda, Cuba Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba (2010); Wang Xieda, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (IVAM), Spain (2010); Sages' Sayings: Wang Xieda’s Art at Z-Art Center in Shanghai (2009), and at the Shanghai Sculpture Space (2008). He lives and works in Shanghai.
[Image: Wang Xieda "Sages' Sayings 026" (2006) Bronze, 37 x 33 1/2 x 3/4 in.]
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Schedule
from January 10, 2013 to February 09, 2013
Opening Reception on 2013-01-10 from 18:00 to 20:00