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With remarkable technical ability, Xiao Wang creates almost photo realistic depictions of human beings with intensely expressed emotions, masterfully constructed objects and lush plant life. The content of these is deeply familiar –lending a sense of approachability to the work– and borders perhaps even on the mundane. The attention to atmosphere and tonality however, is what pushes these paintings away from the known and into a more abstract space.

A key tool in Xiao’s box is the deployment of beguiling hues, most often centred on a cool, weighty blue. Though veering away from unifying …