Contemporary sculptural artists Xu Jiang and Shi Hui each turn to the natural world for inspiration, yet their interpretations are fundamentally different, with the result that their works may best be considered in dialogue.
A comprehensive introduction to the works of these two award-winning Chinese artists, both based at the Academy of Art in Hangzhou, "Flourishing Spirits" places them in conversation around the concept of the "spirit" as developed within the tradition of German philosophy. Xu Jiang's most frequent subject is sunflowers. With blossoms that turn persistently to face the...