XIYAO WANG – THE DRIFTING ISLAND

Posted on 2025-12-29

In this new body of work, painting unfolds through notions of movement, tempo, and lived experience. Rather than representing gesture directly, Xiyao Wang explores the sensation of movement itself, its flow, rhythm, and impermanence. Time is not suspended; it drifts, like a river, like wind or clouds moving through a landscape, like the body in motion within the studio.

Opposite – Echoes of Lugano No. 4, 2025

Exhibition runs through to February 28th, 2026

Perrotin
Gate Village Building 5, Podium Level, 05 Sheikh Zayed Rd
Trade Centre
DIFC Dubaï
United Arab Emirates

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