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b. 1994, China
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Tian Jianxin
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ON VIEW
Through Jun 28, 2025
Capsule•1st Floor, Building 16, Anfu Lu 275 Nong, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China – 200031
Feb 22, 2025 — Apr 19, 2025
Capsule•1st Floor, Building 16, Anfu Lu 275 Nong, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China – 200031
Nov 02, 2024 — Jan 25, 2025
Capsule•1st Floor, Building 16, Anfu Lu 275 Nong, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China – 200031
Sep 21, 2024 — Dec 15, 2024
Capsule•Sestiere Dorsoduro, 2525, 30123 Venezia VE, Italy
Aug 17, 2024 — Oct 26, 2024
Capsule•1st Floor, Building 16, Anfu Lu 275 Nong, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China – 200031
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Capsule Shanghai is pleased to present "Vessel of Faces", artist Tian Jianxin’s (b. 1994, Baoding, China) first solo exhibition at the gallery, featuring his recent reliefs and free-standing sculptures.
Underlying Tian’s sculpture is a sense of anonymity often found in classical statuary. Guided by the natural structure of the raw material, his modestly sized, deftly shaped faces and human forms seem to engage in a never-ending dance of fading in and out of the vessels. The artist revives found and collected everyday objects and kitchen utensils, such as cutting boards, aluminium pots and copper ladles, by striping them down to their intrinsic richness and conjuring full-bodied, energy-charged figures on the surface of what he calls “hard shells”. The works on view, scattered in a seemingly random...More
Exhibition Space
1st Floor, Building 16, Anfu Lu 275 Nong, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China – 200031
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Press Release
Capsule Shanghai is pleased to present "Vessel of Faces", artist Tian Jianxin’s (b. 1994, Baoding, China) first solo exhibition at the gallery, featuring his recent reliefs and free-standing sculptures.
Underlying Tian’s sculpture is a sense of anonymity often found in classical statuary. Guided by the natural structure of the raw material, his modestly sized, deftly shaped faces and human forms seem to engage in a never-ending dance of fading in and out of the vessels. The artist revives found and collected everyday objects and kitchen utensils, such as cutting boards, aluminium pots and copper ladles, by striping them down to their intrinsic richness and conjuring full-bodied, energy-charged figures on the surface of what he calls “hard shells”. The works on view, scattered in a seemingly random...More
Exhibition Space
1st Floor, Building 16, Anfu Lu 275 Nong, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China – 200031
Artist
b. 1994, China
Artwork Checklist
Tian Jianxin
More Exhibitions at Capsule
ON VIEW
Through Jun 28, 2025
Capsule•1st Floor, Building 16, Anfu Lu 275 Nong, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China – 200031
Feb 22, 2025 — Apr 19, 2025
Capsule•1st Floor, Building 16, Anfu Lu 275 Nong, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China – 200031
Nov 02, 2024 — Jan 25, 2025
Capsule•1st Floor, Building 16, Anfu Lu 275 Nong, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China – 200031
Sep 21, 2024 — Dec 15, 2024
Capsule•Sestiere Dorsoduro, 2525, 30123 Venezia VE, Italy
Aug 17, 2024 — Oct 26, 2024
Capsule•1st Floor, Building 16, Anfu Lu 275 Nong, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China – 200031
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TianJianxin on Jun 06, 2025 at 15:06
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