My new solo show at Copro Gallery
California. USA
23rd Feb -16th Mar 2013
Time Off for Good Behaviour
Crimes both
heinous and petty, criminals legendary and laughable; here is a shadow world
filled with the extremities of the human zoo. The offenders seem powerless to
break the cycle of their transgressive behaviour- drawn like moths to the
consuming flame. Are their victims though wholly innocent? Have they perhaps
conspired with their tormentors in some way? The cunning fox steps unwittingly
into a trap laid by an equally savvy and unfeeling missy. The aging harridan is
served a tea that is to put paid to her incessant nagging. My treatment of this
thorny subject is intended to both amuse and question our reactions to crime.
On the face of it these actions are morally repugnant and merit our censure.
But we are all guilty, at unguarded moments, of feelings of superiority,
vanity, lust and cold calculation: the impetuses of crime.
---- Xue Wang
February 2013 for Copro Gallery
