381 Broadway, New York, NY
Please join us in the gallery for a conversation between Lin Wang and curator & writer Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy on the occasion of Wang's solo exhibition True Romance.
Oslo-based ceramicist Lin Wang (Chinese, b. 1985) produces large-scale still life installations and sculptural assemblages which investigate the corporeality and historic resonance of porcelain. Over centuries, porcelain’s combination of a kaolin-rich white clay body with deep cobalt glazes has registered the ongoing effects of contact and trade, as well as the phantasmic projections of a long-standing dialog between East and West. As an artist working between China and Norway, Wang’s interest in this interchange holds personal significance, tinged by her own wanderlust, homesickness, and experiences of cultural discovery. Her central research project Exotic Dreams and Poetic Misunderstandings consists of an ongoing series of exhibitions over the past decade. In 2019, as part of the research for this project, she produced two solo exhibitions at the Kunsthall Grenland and the Vigeland Museum. She has completed numerous public commissions, including for the Hammerfest Hospital, Sarpsborg Library, and Tønsberg Courthouse. Her work is included in the collections of the Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Oslo Kommune, Porsgrunn Kommune, and the National Museum, Oslo, Norway. Wang holds a bachelor’s degree in sculpture from the China Academy of Art and a master’s degree in fine art from the University of Bergen.
Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy is a curator and writer of contemporary art and craft advocating for underrepresented communities, stories, materials, and approaches. She has curated and juried exhibitions across the United States and has written for many publications. Recent projects include curating R & Company's second triennial Objects: USA 2024 and the critically acclaimed Funk You Too! at the Museum of Arts and Design. Her book, New Women's Work, highlighting contemporary artists continuing the legacy of women's work came out in 2024. She holds a BA in art history from the University of Florida and an MA in decorative arts, design history, and material culture from the Bard Graduate Center, New York.