Unveil Gallery is thrilled to announce its upcoming solo exhibition, "Wonderland," featuring the works of Shanghai-based artist Xue Fei. The exhibition is set to run from February 17th, 2024, with an Opening Reception on the same day from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. This exhibition showcases an extensive array of mediums from Xue's recent body of work, encompassing captivating paintings, evocative sculptures, and innovative mixed media on tiles.
Xue Fei is a Chinese female artist born in 1993, currently living and working in Shanghai. The materials Xue chooses include concrete blocks, discarded tiles and sands, she uses the most ordinary organic material in her paintings, and vests a unique texture within her art with the power of nature. She grants a sense of everydayness into the story scenes in between memory, fairytales, and myths, and leads the audience on a journey with vastly distinctive creatures of her creation. With Xue’s visual representation, she delivers a contemporary anecdotal world-view that is rooted in human subconscious.
Within her paintings, Xue Fei masterfully weaves a narrative that intertwines memory, fairytales, and myths. Her visual representation invites audiences to explore a contemporary anecdotal world-view rooted in the human subconscious. Each artwork grants a sense of everydayness to the story scenes, leading viewers on a journey alongside vastly distinctive creatures of her creation.
“I strive to capture the moments of intersection between individuals in both personal and societal realms. Stories emerge from the crevices between subjectivity and objectivity, appearance and essence.” Xue elucidated the narrative behind her artworks.
Xue observes the struggles or acceptance of self-identity in individuals' lives and dreams, forming a fragment or a process within the worth of individual behavior. From internal personal struggles to external conflicts in societal interactions, there exists a gap between individual perceptions and genuine inevitabilities. The morality, good and evil, within the value of individual behavior influences each present choice. Each moment is shaped by the interpretation of life, whether derived from past memories or predictions of the future, all continually happening in a metaphorical narrative.
Through a warm yet harsh metaphor, she expresses the desolation and uncertainty within relationships, seeking to understand the role Xue is currently playing, the actions she is taking, and the interconnectedness involved in the construction of reality and history.
A Reception for Wonderland will be held on Saturday, Feb 17th, 2024, 4:00 – 7:00 PM. The exhibition will be on view through April 15th, 2024.
