glitch

Xingyun Wang

2024.4.6 - 2024.6.6

BROWNIE Project is pleased to present artist Xingyun Wang's solo exhibition 「glitch」, on view from April 6 through June 6, 2024.

This series of works by Xingyun Wang is a complex spiritual landscape. Two years of study in psychology eventually led her to painting. "Maybe my first language is painting. Only after I finished painting did I know what I was thinking." For Wang, painting is a subconscious behavior that happens naturally, without any thinking. As a queer woman growing up in a rather conservative environment, Wang faced many misunderstandings and fears simply because she’s "different". Escaping the noise of the outside and submerged in a world of her own voice maybe the redemption of her silent past – let the paintings speak now.

The almost human size painting indicates a sense of immersion. Observers tend to fall in the illusion of a sweet and light landscape painting from the far. However, the closer they get, the more they realize the essence of the work – the carrier of the artist subconscious is not canvas, which is commonly used, but paper, fragile and brittle. Paper can breathe, through the unique textures and holes left by minced and flattened plant fibers. It allows the watercolor to flow naturally and aimlessly. Layers of layers of paper curled up as the watercolor passes - building undulating features. The paper was constantly cut, tear, crumpled and smoothed by the artist. However violent as it may sound like, the artist was gentle and restrained. Traces are too minor to notice, lost in the enormous color field, undetectable. Tissue paper are stick to the base by gelatin-mixed paint, covering up the essentially unnoticeable traces. Wrinkles are inevitable, like paper scars, silently shouting the hurt from the past.   

Installation View