Wang Xin Explores Death & Rebirth in 'Head Swapping Games'
Inspired by childhood games, the works blur the lines between animals, humans, plants and abstract forms.
The MadeIn Art Museum is currently presenting Wang Xin‘s solo exhibition ‘Head Swapping Games’ through October 15, 2024. This exhibition highlights Xin’s exploration of nature, bodily structures, and internal spaces, expressing the fluid relationship between these elements. Showcasing works from 2021 to 2024, Xin’s art plays with the concept of transformation, using materials like pastel dust to juxtapose themes of death, rebirth, and universal particles.
Inspired by childhood games, the exhibition blurs the lines between animals, humans, plants, and abstract forms. Xin reimagines creatures by swapping heads and bodies, blending insect limbs, decaying organisms, and natural elements to challenge traditional notions of form. The works dissolve boundaries between the physical and spectral, merging figures into new combinations.
Xin’s process mirrors the cosmic reorganization that occurred 13.8 billion years ago, evoking the sense of endless cycles of compression, dissolution, and rebirth. By swapping parts, reconfiguring forms, and imagining wormhole-like connections between universes, Xin creates a dynamic world in constant flux. This ever-changing environment reflects the transient nature of existence, as the artist pushes the limits of material transformation and spatial movement.
MadeIn Art Museum
Huanhu West Rd., Lvhua Town,
Chongming District, Shanghai
China
