Curated by Bai Xue, Art Consultant of "XIAOYOU," the sculptural works of Chinese artist Zhang Ning, Canadian artist Martha Sturdy, and Danish artist Marianne Hesselbjerg achieve a perfect intertextuality between art and space within this rare, unpretentiously minimalist Spanish-style architecture, rich with historical details.
Leo Gallery artist Zhang Ning's pristine white sculptures are drawn from her recent seriesGrowth(Narcissus),Listening, andTower. They remain silent—their gestures are their expression: some trace the cyclical energy of organic forms in rotation, others pay homage to sculptural masters of the past while extending Eastern spirituality into the infinite, and still others guide the viewer toward the act of "listening." The tactile quality Zhang Ning preserves in her sculptures—like gestures, like traces, like clay textures—resonates with "XIAOYOU's" approach of "reappraising the meaningful traces of architecture" in its renovation.
