Missing you is like fire 10102019
Xu Yang
160 x 226 cm Oil on fabric
Artwork description
In this work with less blurred and more concrete lines we can see a room that is also typical of the great palatial halls of the XVIIIth century, a typical setting for a portrait of the time but whose title makes the viewer look back at the present where current events are intertwine with the scenarios of the past. Isolation, loneliness and the problems that derive from it make this work exhale humanity, nostalgia and sadness. Longing for a past that was better than any present moment and where sorrows are drowned with alcohol.
Xu Yang
Of Chinese origin, the artist Xu Yang lives and works in the United Kingdom. She holds a First Class Honors BA in Painting from Wimbledon College of Arts and is currently attending an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art (2018-2020). Her passion for the arts has led her to become interested in other disciplines such as photography and mixed media. Through them Yang explores one of her main subjects of matter, which is female identity.
Exhibition history:
Solo Exhibitions
2020 100 Carats Diamond, ArtWorks Project Space, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London.
2019 Present but In and Out of Focus, Central Saint Martins, London (Performance).
2017 An Empty Room, Deyin Hardware Head Office, ZiBo, ShanDong, China.
2017 She is Me as Myself, Yishu Gallery, ChangZhou, China.
2016 Contemporary Painting,City Milu Space, ChangZhou, China.
Selected Group Exhibitioins
2019 Little Originals, Dock Street Studios, Dundee, Scotland.
2019 ArtWork Open 2019, ArtWorks Project Space, London.
2019 Beautiful China, Beautiful World, Golden Era of China-UK, The Palace of Westminster, London.
2019 Air Open 2019, Air Gallery, Manchester.
2019 Where We Once Were Someone, A Yngspc Online Exhibition, Online, Instagram.
2019 The Signature Art Prize, Bankside Hotel, London, United Kingdom.
2019 Celebration, Roost Studios and Art Gallery, NYC, United States.
2018 Clyde & Co Art Award, St Botolph Building, London, United Kingdom.
2018 Beijing Summer Show, NL Gallery, Beijing, China.
2018 Redefining Artistic Canon: Sharing&Coexistence, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China.
2018 RA Summer Exhibition Shortlist, Royal Academy, London, United Kingdom.
2018 Neulinge, The Crypt Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
2018 HuangYan, Chelsea Triangle Space, Chelsea College of arts, London, United Kingdom.
2018 The Flow of Nature, WWF Rag Group Exhibition, London, United Kingdom.
2018 Wimbledon College of Arts Open Studio, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom.
