Working predominantly with oil on canvas, young Beijing-born artist, Yang Xu, draws inspiration from motion pictures, photography and still-life.

This solo exhibition features works that form part of an expansive intellectual exercise through which the artist experiments with painted two-dimensional images, exploring their boundaries and limitations in exceeding time and space.

From a vase of wilting flowers to the indiscernible relationship between a beloved comedian and a tyrannical dictator, viewers of Yang Xu's art will realize that the paintings in each series are not meant to be scrutinized as static individual pieces, but rather, to be enjoyed like a reel of film.

Please join ART SEASONS and Yang Xu at the opening reception of Hand Job - As If I Had Nothing To Do to savor the profound visual impact of these clever and ironical works.