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Guan Xiao, Dark eyes as dark as the eyes (2021). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin.
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Guan Xiao, Pavilion (2021). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin.
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Guan Xiao, Pavilion (2021). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin.
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Guan Xiao, Wake Up in a House Called Season (2021). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin.
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Guan Xiao, Kikachick is stepping towards the snow covered stage, while a faint tinge of pink reflected from the lights under the deep blue dusk is shimmering on its icy surface (2021). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin.
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Guan Xiao, Kikachick is stepping towards the snow covered stage, while a faint tinge of pink reflected from the lights under the deep blue dusk is shimmering on its icy surface (2021). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin.
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Guan Xiao, Kikachick is stepping towards the snow covered stage, while a faint tinge of pink reflected from the lights under the deep blue dusk is shimmering on its icy surface (2021). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin.
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Guan Xiao, Kikachick is stepping towards the snow covered stage, while a faint tinge of pink reflected from the lights under the deep blue dusk is shimmering on its icy surface (2021). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin.
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Guan Xiao, Wake Up in a House Called Season (2021). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin.
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Guan Xiao, Wake Up in a House Called Season (2021). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin.
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Guan Xiao, Wake Up in a House Called Season (2021). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin.
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Guan Xiao, Wake Up in a House Called Season (2021). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin.
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Guan Xiao, Wake Up in a House Called Season (2021). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin.
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Guan Xiao, Wake Up in a House Called Season (2021). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin.
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Guan Xiao, Pavilion (2021). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin.

Scenography, imaginary narratives & temporal ambiguity in the sculpture & installation work of Guan Xiao

, 6 December 2021

Wake Up in a House Called Season, a solo exhibition by Guan Xiao, is on at Berlin’s Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, running November 13 to December 15.

Guan Xiao, Kikachick is stepping towards the snow covered stage, while a faint tinge of pink reflected from the lights under the deep blue dusk is shimmering on its icy surface (2021). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin.

With sculptures set amongst a tatami mat and pastel coloured walls, the show’s scenography draws the viewer into imaginary narratives and temporal ambiguity. As stated in the press release: “The ancient and modern, seriousness and humor, the technological and the prehistoric coexist on the same plane, despite various human attempts to neatly compartmentalize them. Guan Xiao seeks to uncover the past that exists in the future and vice versa.”**

Guan Xiao’s Wake Up in a House Called Season is on at Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin, running November 13 to December 15, 2021.