Xue
Wang
Xue Wang’s creative impulse is driven by a fascination with childhood paraphernalia: dolls, toys, fairy tales, stage sets, fun fairs and found objects mixed with whimsy. She breathes new life into these personal recollections with an amalgamation of Victoriana, vintage fashion, film noir and iconic pin-up imagery. The latest collection is a continuation of her dark fairy tale theme. In a new series of four extraordinary paintings, Xue’s signature vignettes range from the cryptic to the
cute and we see the return of her big-eyed maidens and kitsch-looking creatures, typical of the Lowbrow art movement in which she finds her roots. As with her previous works, the subjects are the soul of these new pieces, with an intensely curious connection to the world around them. Not for the faint-hearted, Lowbrow just got high end.
Originally coined in Los Angeles, California, Lowbrow
movement began as an underground visual art
movement, which combined comic art and street culture,
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38 FINE ART COLLECTOR AUTUMN 2017
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