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An artistic journey

In his triptych of 2019, A Theater of Waiting, Xie Nanxing depicts three daily scenes at an airport: People wait in lines for security checks and at boarding gates, and sit in an aircraft cabin waiting for takeoff. He renders the common scenarios with a theatrical feeling, arousing the interest of the viewers in the individual stories of the people in the paintings: Who are they? What do they do? And where are they going? He also raises questions about the state of waiting and the uncertainty of the future, which are at the heart of his solo exhibition, A Roll of the Dice. The show at the Galerie Urs Meile's space in Beijing's 798 art district, which will run through Jan 31, displays a dozen paintings including A Theater of Waiting. Hung on blue and red walls, the works offer a glimpse of the spiritual theaters of romance and novelty in Xie's mind.

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