Artist Spotlight: Xiangjie Rebecca Wu's Figurative Paintings Explore Memory and Selfhood
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A spotlight on Brooklyn-based artist Xiangjie Rebecca Wu, featuring her recent figurative paintings. Born in Jiangyin, China, Wu holds a BA in Studio Art and Philosophy from the College of Wooster (2022) and an MFA from Pratt Institute (2024). Her work explores themes of memory, selfhood, loss, and existential insecurity, drawing on both recollection and imagination. She describes painting as an act of contemplation rooted in one's relationship with the past.
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· 3 pulledHer figurative works draw on both recollection and imagination, and explore themes of memory, selfhood, loss, and 'the palpable fear of insecurity that permeates our existence'.
For Wu, painting is an act of contemplation stemming directly from one's relationship with the past.
In contemplation, I dive deeply into myself, embarking on secret voyages within the soul.
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