Latest work by Brooklyn-based artist Xiangjie Rebecca Wu. Born in Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China, Wu obtained a BA in Studio Artwork and Philosophy on the Faculty of Wooster in 2022 and her MFA from Pratt Institute in 2024. Her figurative works draw on each recollection and creativeness, and discover themes of reminiscence, selfhood, loss, and “the palpable concern of insecurity that permeates our existence”. For Wu, portray is an act of contemplation stemming straight from one’s relationship with the previous:
“In contemplation, I dive deeply into myself, embarking on secret voyages throughout the soul, oriented towards a misplaced time and area, these shards that have been as soon as components of me coalescing inside me after which dissipating. Typically loss is unavoidable; reminiscences of instances as soon as stuffed me with sorrow, and our relationship to historical past is all the time susceptible and ephemeral. Reflection takes place within the current, making an attempt to stay involved with the previous, to protect an consciousness of existence from the fragments of time. Millennial Chinese language objects and areas create a closed narrative surroundings by fusing reminiscence and creativeness, offering viewers with a doorway for contemplation. Areas that really feel each acquainted and distant, with nonetheless lifes personified of their presence—concrete but metaphorical. These topics, that are balanced between realism and symbolism, reveal the interior, hidden character of existence via seeing. Portray turns into a observe of salvaging and reassembling the self, suspended between obscurity and sweetness.”
