Wild imagination
Swiss artist Rebekka Steiger's exhibition now on at Tank Shanghai art center shows the influence of living in both the East and the West. A wild imagination, grounded in the experiences of traveling the world and different cultural perspectives, is evident. Her works blend the techniques of freedom and fluidity she learned from Chinese painting, while taking part in a residency program in the country years ago, to depict the relationship between nature and people, as well as the use of calligraphy brushwork to depict subjects in paintings.
The title of the exhibition is taken from one of the paintings on show, Octopus Mountain, and is derived from her experiences of traveling in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, during which she found many mountains named because of their passing appearance to animals. It points to the angle of comparing Eastern and Western cultures in her work, which keeps widening her vision and enriching her mind. The exhibition runs through to June 2.
12 am-6 pm, Tuesdays to Fridays, 10 am-6 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. 2380 Longteng Avenue, Xuhui district, Shanghai. 021-6950-0005.
