Sun Xun: Mythological Time
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Vancouver Art Gallery 750 Hornby St, Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2H7
Sun Xun, "Mythology or Rebellious Bone," 2020
(detail), ink, gold leaf, natural colour pigment on paper, Courtesy of the Artist and ShanghART Gallery
Sun Xun: Mythological Time
In his first solo exhibition in Canada, Sun Xun employs printmaking and animation to produce ambitious works that contend with notions of time and history, fantasy and reality, and ideology and myth. In his highly imaginative video installation Mythological Time (2016), Sun takes viewers on a journey through his hometown of Fuxin in northern China, a coalmining centre facing the depletion of its economic lifeblood. Premiering at the Vancouver Art Gallery is Sun’s most recent work, Mythology or Rebellious Bone (2020), an epic 31-metre scroll comprised of Buddhist deities and fictional gods, and where humans disappear without a trace. References to Chinese legends intermix with the artist’s own imaginings to create lively narratives of a land after time.
Sun Xun: Mythological Time is organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and is an initiative of the Institute of Asian Art, curated by Diana Freundl, Interim Chief Curator.
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