Author Archives: jolanta

I seek a potential space for habitual symbols in my paintings, and I experiment with a recombination of various languages. Through individual experience and study of habitual symbols, I try to remain detached to the classical meanings of symbols in artistic creation. I try to transform strangeness into new forms to create concepts that surpass […]

Man Yu: What are the important issues you want to discuss through your latest works? Xu Tan: An important consideration is what art is. When I began to learn art, I thought that art was about appreciation of beauty, that it was about aesthetics or aesthetic construction, and a process of perfection. Recently, I have […]