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Xie Fan
A guide to encountering Xie Fan with context, curiosity and no shortcuts.
Profile
Born in Sichuan in 1983, Xie Fan is known for painting on silk and for surfaces that hold and diffuse light. Colour appears less like a coating than an atmospheric event.
How to look
Change your distance. From afar the image seems immaterial; up close, silk, frame, oil and reflected light reveal a carefully built physical object.