Extraordinary Daily II: Xue Tao Solo Exhibition 2014
TCG Nordica Gallery (TCG Nordica, Chuangku, Xibalu 101, Kunming, China), July 11–Aug 30, 2014
Friday night opened the door on Xue Tao’s Kunmimg-based revival of his 2007 “Extraordinarily Daily” 2007 exhibits in Beijing and Shanghai. This current selection contains 14 sculptures reminiscent of Arte Povera, made of twisted newspaper created over the past seven years. Xue, born in 1975 in Dali, helped establish the Yunnan Red Heart Commune while an art student in the mid-1990s. He left soon thereafter for Beijing, where he participated in founding the Migratory Sky Art Space. Despite exhibition success in Beijing and Shanghai galleries and representation at London’s 2011 Frieze, Xue recently returned west to foster and promote emerging Yunnan artistic talent.