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Petzel is pleased to present Eight Dreams, an exhibition of new paintings by Beijing-based artist Xie Nanxing, opening Thursday, April 17, 2025. The show marks Xie’s second solo exhibition with the gallery and will be on view through May 23, 2025, at 520 West 25th Street.
The premise is simple enough: eight paintings, all in the same format, all relating to the artist’s dreams. The paintings themselves, however, are less straightforward. Xie’s practice is underpinned by a desire to bring figurative painting into new territory, while at the same time questioning the validity of the medium. It is to this end that his dreams have been exploited, not interpreted or illustrated, as he turns to the language of the unconscious both as a challenge and for support.
“Many dreams,” wrote Jung, “baffle all attempts at reproduction, even immediately after waking; others can be remembered only with doubtful accuracy, and comparatively few can be called really disti…
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Petzel is pleased to present Eight Dreams, an exhibition of new paintings by Beijing-based artist Xie Nanxing, opening Thursday, April 17, 2025. The show marks Xie’s second solo exhibition with the gallery and will be on view through May 23, 2025, at 520 West 25th Street.
The premise is simple enough: eight paintings, all in the same format, all relating to the artist’s dreams. The paintings themselves, however, are less straightforward. Xie’s practice is underpinned by a desire to bring figurative painting into new territory, while at the same time questioning the validity of the medium. It is to this end that his dreams have been exploited, not interpreted or illustrated, as he turns to the language of the unconscious both as a challenge and for support.
“Many dreams,” wrote Jung, “baffle all attempts at reproduction, even immediately after waking; others can be remembered only with doubtful accuracy, and comparatively few can be called really disti…
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