Kaifan Wang
Book presentation

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GNYP Gallery is proud to present the first monograph of Kaifan Wang featuring essays by Xiaoyu Weng, Martin Herbert and Marta Gnyp.

The presentation will take place on Wednesday, October 23rd between 5:30 - 8 PM at Knesebeckstr. 96, 10623 Berlin.

On the occasion of the booklaunch we are proud to present the performance:
Gold Amidst Dust
by Shannon Walsh (Dance) and Zhiyuan Lou (Guzheng) conceptualised together with Kaifan Wang based on a musical composition by Chang Xu

Performance: 6:30PM

On Kaifan Wang
The Chinese artist, living and working in Berlin, stands out through his unique approach to the never ending field of abstraction through fusing Eastern and Western techniques and concepts. During the last years his art has undergone constant transformation – developing his visual language together with the contemplation of various personal and global topics. Having been trained in classical Chinese art and calligraphy before studying Western art in Europe, Wang‘s work is first of all characterised through its high visual intensity.

His diverse thematic approaches, which evolve with each exhibition, in retrospect read a little bit like diary entries and provide insights into the artist‘s world of thought. One focus lays on the artists intense relationship with nature, having grown up in the North-Chinese city Hohot, bordering the vast grasslands of Gobi desert. Although his general unease with the uncontrollable force of nature, partly due to his various allergies, it is a ubiquitous topic of his work. However, he also likes to let his works speak for themselves. The large-format canvases bursting with turbulence in which you can lose yourself visually and mentally, tracing the colours and shapes clashing on the canvas. The combination of different styles contributes significantly to this tension.