{"product_id":"angela-wei-earthly-delights","title":"Angela Wei \"Earthly Delights\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAngela Wei \"Earthly Delights\" 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003ePainting, Acrylic on canvas\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 48 x 48 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eUnique\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned on verso by artist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eAngela Wei is a painter based in New York City. She holds a degree in Visual Arts and Art History from Barnard College of Columbia University and is currently pursuing an MFA in Studio Art at New York University, where she also serves as adjunct faculty. \u003cbr\u003eWei has previously exhibited at institutions such as Christie's NY, CICA Museum in Korea, Uffner and Liu Gallery, Chambers Fine Art, among many others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eArtist Statement:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\"The tension between reality and deception running through my works guides my interest in artifice. Flora and fauna are recurring elements of my work. Yet, these biomorphic scenes feel closer to a staged hallucination than the natural world; flower petals gleam as if they were made of plastic, stems curl with impossible elasticity, and colors are so saturated they verge on being toxic. Rather than using flowers as decoration, I treat them as symbolic, bodily presences—sites where cultural expectations of femininity (beauty, delicacy, desirability) are constructed, rehearsed, and, ultimately, resisted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy practice is deeply informed by art history, for which I hold a BA. I’m equally drawn to artists from both the East and the West; I borrow the graphic clarity of Japanese ukiyo-e prints and combine it with the allegorical world-building compositions of Dutch masters like Bosch. This fusion of influences mirrors my Occidental\/Oriental background as both Chinese and Canadian. The at-times conflicted, at-times symbiotic relationship between these two cultural inheritances feeds my preoccupation with artifice, unease, and perception.\" - Angela Wei\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRead more about her artwork and exhibitions on our \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/untitled-space.com\/artists\/indira-cesarine-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewebsite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Untitled Space","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42380405080146,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/6235\/9378\/files\/AngelaWeiEarthlyDelights_48x48__TheUntitledSpace.jpg?v=1777323321","url":"https:\/\/untitled-space.art\/products\/angela-wei-earthly-delights","provider":"The Untitled Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}