XUE WANG

7 Dec 2012

The Burning Train

Oil on Eskaboard

18" x 14"

My work 'The Burning Train' for "The Illumination" group show @Copro Gallery

Opening Reception, Saturday, December 15, 8:00 – 11:30 p.m.

Dates: Exhibit runs; December 15 – January 5, 2012

In these troubled times there's light at the e

nd of the tunnel illuminating the future of a Brave New World. The best part is the Dark Ride getting there so for this group exhibition artists portray the journey to Illumination. You'll know your there when you arrive!

Artist: Alexandra Manukyan, Becca, Big Gus, Brian Smith, Clare Toms, Erik Alos, Ewelina Koszykowska,Genevive Zacconi, Gregg Gibbs, Jamie Lee Parker, Jim Pavelec, John Cebollero, Lang Leav, Macsorro, Mat Hurtado, Matthew Price, Peter Chan, Ken Keirns, Philip Lumbang, Pooch, Robert Connett, Yoko dHolbachie, XUE Wang and more

http://www.copronason.com/dec12_pr.html

18 Jun 2012

Great Expectations

560mmx 435mm

25 May 2012

'What The Dickens!' opens tomorrow

Tale of Two Cities

Little Dorrit

The Old Curiosity Shop

Oliver Twist

Bleak House

Study

26 Apr 2012

What The Dickens!

My new solo show at George Thornton Art Gallery.

Inspired by Charles Dickens' work in honour of his bicentenary.

http://www.georgethorntonart.com/

26 Feb 2012

Rock A Bye Birdie

My work for the International Women's Exhibition @ Warrington Museum. Inspired by the old English nursery rhyme and lullaby 'Rock A Bye Baby' (c 1765).

Curated by Frankie Shea and Tina Ziegler

Opening reception: March 29 th 2012. 6pm

On display until 7 July 2012

Museum Street, Warrington, WA1 1JB. United Kingdom

http://www.shea-ziegler.com

http://museum.warrington.gov.uk

7 Feb 2012

'International Woman' Group Exhibition @ Warrington Museum

'International Woman' brings together a stellar roster of more than 15 artists from 10 countries, being the first exhibition in the UK that highlights the cross-over of the Pop Surrealism and Urban fine art movements under one roof. Working in underground art movements these women have forged names for themselves by pushing the boundaries of contemporary art, experimenting with new mediums, ideas and visual concepts. Individually they have enhanced the overall direction of these underground movements, and as a collective they have changed the way women are viewed in urban culture today.

Exhibiting artists:

Catalina Estrada, Cheryl Dunn, Elizabeth Mcgrath, Faith 47, Hera, Kukula,
Mel Kadel, Miss Van, Pam Glew, Sarah Joncas, Stella Im Hultberg, Swoon,
Tara Mcpherson and Xue Wang.

Curated by Frankie Shea and Tina Ziegler

Opening reception: March 29 th 2012. 6pm
On display until 7 July 2012
Museum Street, Warrington, WA1 1JB. United Kingdom

http://www.shea-ziegler.com

http://museum.warrington.gov.uk

10 Dec 2011

The Unclouded Mind for Copro Gallery

My mini show is opening today at Copro Gallery CA.

Don't you wish you were there? :-)

For availability please contact

http://www.copronason.com/xue/

A Stitch In Time

Intimate Thoughts

On Closer Observation

Rude Awakenings

The Talking Cure

Smoke Screen

Group show "Lynchism", which is inspired by David Lynch, is opening today as well.

At George Thornton Art Gallery.

http://www.georgethorntonart.com/exhibitions

My piece is inspired by 'The Elephant Man'

Smoke Screen

“Smoke Screen”

I like many of Lynch’s films but The Elephant Man, with its themes of social stigma and public ghoulishness, appeals most. The protagonist is both shunned and misunderstood solely because of his appearance. Merrick’s longing for acceptance and desire to be like anyone else, is met by hoots of derision and revolted gasps. But he is, below his misshapen exterior, really just like us; seeking the warmth of companionship.

----Xue Wang December 2011

My interview with PEANUT SOUP DELUXE

I've had a little interview with Peanut Soup Deluxe via Mr.Frivolous recently.

If you want to know a bit more about me and my work. Please go to

http://www.peanutsoupdeluxe.com/2011/11/xue-wang-interview.html

Sill of no regrets

25 Nov 2011

The Unclouded Mind

My new exhibition inspired by a visit to Hellingly Mental Asylum.

at Copro Gallery

http://www.copronason.com/

opening on 10th December 2011

The Unclouded Mind

Mental asylums may seem a curious, if not to say odd wellspring for creative inspiration. But to me they offer a tender and liberating subject which quietly worms its way through the imagination. My interest in these long abandoned institutions- as neglected by society as their former inhabitants- was awakened by a desire to pass beyond their shadowy facades. A surreptitious visit to the now derelict Sussex county hospital in the village of Hellingly, drew me further into the labyrinthine possibilities for artistic exploration. The silent interiors and vacant corridors are being reclaimed by nesting crows and creeping ivy. Wards which once echoed with chattering and imbalanced minds crumble into ruins. The long departed residents are retreating ghosts who have made the walls their home.

Photos taken on 20th April 2011 by Xue

15 Aug 2011

Sepia Tint

18" x 12"Oil on Cardboard

My vision of a French painter and his life model's wedding photo...

and don't ask me why...

Shadow of a Doubt

Oil on Cardboard

For Cuadros

18 Jul 2011

The Apotheosis of the Thylacine

Oil on cardboard 21" x 20" inches

My new piece 'The Apotheosis of the Thylacine'

for Copro Gallery 'Genesis to Revelation' group show
in Santa Monica, CA, United States.

This is the first time my work has been shown abroad.

Oh~~~how I wish I could be there... ...
The exhibition runs from 29th July to 6th August
Preview available on 23rd July

http://www.copronason.com/genesis_pr.html

Here are my thoughts behind:

The thylacine (vernacular name ‘Tasmanian Wolf’) was the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world. That was until man entered the picture. A combination of aggressive great white hunter culling and the introduction of competitive predators by humans pushed this shy, beautiful and somewhat clumsy creature to the brink of extinction by the early twentieth century. The thylacine was once found on the Australian mainland and New Guinea but by the mid 1930s only one specimen, named Benjamin remained in captivity in Hobart Zoo, Tasmania. Benjamin succumbed to neglect the way the rest of his species had. On September 7^th, 1936 he died after being locked out of his sleeping quarters: an undignified end to this now extinct animal. Although several short film clips have survived and interest in the genus has grown since its demise, no authenticated sightings have been recorded since.

In my piece the thylacine is happily reborn to redress the hideous imbalance precipitated by man’s ignorance. This splendid creature walked the earth for millions of years but its numbers were decimated in little more than a lifetime.