Zhang Xiaogang: Lost

Open at Pace from March 21—May 4, Zhang Xiaogang’s “Lost” is a show of works created over the past three years. Featuring painted compositions from Zhang’s “Light” series, viewers will find themselves meditating on these thoughtful, tranquil images, where the artist depicts simple snapshots of moments that are flooded with light—like in Light No. 5, where the colors of a hand holding a book are interrupted by a patch of glowing yellow. Also included is a suite of oil paintings (some on canvas and some on paper) from the “Jump” series, in which the artist’s subjects appear suspended in air, as though defying gravity. Through dynamic depictions of unremarkable or everyday occurrences, viewers might find themselves reminded of our shared humanity amid the turbulence of contemporary life, captured by the artist in a manner suggesting poetic fables of the present moment.