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Chih-Chien Wang

Grapes in a Glass

Artist

Chih-Chien Wang
Born in Tainan, Taiwan, in 1970

Title

Grapes in a Glass

Date

2003

Materials

Ink-jet print, 5/5

Dimensions

50.3 x 40.2 cm

Credits

Gift of Roy Lacaud Heenan, O.C., inv. 2015.190

Collection

Graphic Arts

Wang, who lives in Montreal, presents the poetry of daily life, at once intimate and minimalist. He offers a refined and sensitive vision of the object, providing a counterbalance to invasive overconsumption. His compositions borrow some of the pictorial strategies of the Surrealists, such as displacement and isolation. Here, the minimalist Grapes in a Glass evokes traditional Chinese flower painting, thus transcending time and space with a universal message of compassion and humility.

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