PACE Gallery Opening Reception: Form Through Narrative

Palo Alto—Pace Gallery is pleased to present Form through Narrative, a group exhibition of contemporary Chinese artists featuring works by Hong Hao, Liu Jianhua, Song Dong, Wang Guangle, Xie Molin and Yin Xiuzhen. The exhibition will be on view from June 23 through August 20, 2017 at 229 Hamilton Avenue. An opening reception for the artists will be held on Thursday, June 22 from 4 to 7 p.m.

Form through Narrative is a survey of leading Chinese artists whose multi-generational practices explore themes of place, identity and tradition. For the contemporary Chinese artists in this exhibition, art is rooted in storytelling and the narratives surrounding their lives. Form through Narrative features recent works by artists who were educated in conventional, representational modes of picture-making but gradually abandoned them. While narrative becomes apparent in the process, background and content, the artists on view purposely departed from representational aesthetics to reach complete abstraction.