TANG YONGXIANG
b. 1977, ChinaTang Yongxiang (b. 1977, Hubei Province) currently lives and works in Beijing. Using real life images as the entrance to painting, Tang works with the changing relationships between forms and between colors that are both constantly developed during the painting process. The images are mostly snapshots taken by the artist himself and often lack strong significations. Rather than arbitrarily manipulate the existing relationships embedded in the images, Tang prefers to engage in a restrained and persistent struggle with the images while relying on the given structures, leaving the surface with traces of the artist’s countless hesitations, decisions, and thoughts. In his painting process, contingencies and uncertainties would be the kinks in constructing new relationships.
Tang Yongxiang’s solo exhibitions include: Art Basel, Hong Kong (2022); Tang Yongxiang: Hei Qiao – Genealogy Study of Artists Project, SSSSTART Research Centre, Shanghai (2021); Shape, Magician Space, Beijing (2020); Tang Yongxiang, Magician Space, Beijing (2017); Tang Yongxiang, Magician Space, Beijing (2015); West Bund Art & Design, Shanghai (2015); Tang Yongxiang, Magician Space, Beijing (2014); Hemuse Gallery, Beijing (2012).
Selected group exhibitions include: A Place for Concealment, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing (2022); Eternal Seasons, Lévy Gorvy, Hong Kong (2022); Brushwork and True Feeling, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok (2018); Boundless Realities, Multiple Nows – Contemporary Art from Hubei as a Sample, Wanlin Art Museum, Wuhan (2017); Post Wave: Temperament and Avant- garde, The Barn Contemporary Art Space, Shenzhen (2017); Dissensus Agitation - The Painting to Language, Today Art Museum, Beijing (2016); Lehmann Maupin, Hong Kong (2015); Inside - Outside, Klein Sun Gallery, New York (2014); XXX - Next 10 Years of Contemporary Art, Today Art Museum, Beijing (2011).
Courtesy Magician Space
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