This stunning exhibition of new larger-than-life paintings, prints and provocative video installation showcases Xiaoze Xie’s use of books and newspapers to symbolize the fragile nature of compressed history and memory. 

His works are in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, several distinguished private collections and are currently featured in a traveling exhibition from Bucknell University "Xiaoze Xie: Amplified Moments (1993–2008)."

Reception: Wednesday, October 12, 5-7pm followed by artist talk

Xiaoze Xie was born in China in 1966 at the start of the Cultural Revolution and is currently the Paul L. and Phyllis Wattis Professor in Art at Stanford University.

Exhibition and reception are FREE

Gallery hours:

Tuesday-Saturday 12-5 pm

Wednesday 12-8 pm

This exhibition is sponsored by the UCSC Arts Division and Porter College.

image credit: “February-March 2011, D.T.” (The Daily Telegraph) 2011, oil on canvas