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① Artwork:
Sand dunes
This handwoven work is made using leftover industrial threads sourced from remote Chinese factories. The resulting object juxtaposes contemporary experience with a tradition that harkens back to the origins of object-making.
The tactile surfaces of Zhang's works are structures where materials clash; she is able to manipulate the specific properties of each yarn to create wildly varied textures. The artist's trans-generational practice draws influence from memories of watching her grandmother unravel and recycle old sweaters to fabricate new functional clothing. Zhang developed her own artistic language as a child by identifying recognizable imagery in the endlessly improvised arrangements of abstract shapes and colors in her grandmother’s up-cycled garments.
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③ Artist:
Miranda Fengyuan Zhang's fiber works exist at the border of abstraction and representation. She combines a free and formal approach to knitting and weaving, depicting semi-abstract landscapes and animal subjects that are mysterious yet familiar using leftover industrial threads from Chinese factories. Zhang’s trans-generational practice juxtaposes contemporary experience with tradition, harkening back to the origins of object-making and taking inspiration from her grandmother's practice of up-cycling old garments.
Miranda Fengyuan Zhang was born in Shanghai, China in 1993. She earned her BFA in studio art from NYU in 2016.
Solo exhibitions of her work have taken place at: Candice Madey with Chambers Gallery in New York City; Capsule Gallery in Shanghai, China; Halsey McKay Gallery in East Hampton, New York; and Half Gallery in Shanghai, China; among others.
Zhang has been the recipient of the La Maison de l’Art Contemporain residency in Asilah, Morocco.
