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① Artwork:
Egret Fishing in the Shadow of the Cypress
In this painting, the subject is in an otherworldly yet ominous green environment. The egret has become unwelcome in its own home. Despite the water's entrancing glow, this creature’s food resource has become an empty and fragile ecosystem.
Daniel Wang is a self-taught artist whose current practice explores the intersection of consumerism and identity by recontextualizing familiar imagery like Hollywood starlets and '90s NBA players to challenge established narratives and complicate our perceptions of representation. Approaching his subjects from a personal-historical connection, Wang follows a drive to produce reparative images within the Pantheon of popular culture by questioning notions of authenticity, stereotype, and commodified cultural identities.
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③ Artist:
Daniel Wang is a self-taught artist whose current practice explores the intersection of consumerism and identity. Wang is less interested in the stories we illustrate through visual modes like film and television than he is in the stories we take for granted: the subtext that shapes us on and off the camera (and canvas). Often replacing or removing backgrounds altogether to highlight his subjects (while stylizing them heavily with dry and wet mediums), Wang recontextualizes familiar imagery like Hollywood starlets and 90s NBA players to challenge established narratives and complicate our perceptions of representation.
Daniel Wang was born in Austin, TX, where he lives. He received a BA in Art History from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA.
Wang has shown his work in multiple solo and group exhibitions at Martha's in Austin, TX (2022-2020).
In this painting, the subject is in an otherworldly yet ominous green environment. The egret has become unwelcome in its own home. Despite the water's entrancing glow, this creature’s food resource has become an empty and fragile ecosystem.More
- Unframed
- Signed
