3D Glass Paintings

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Amazing artwork by Chinese painter Xia Xiao Wan. His technique consists of using special pencils, tinted glass, and 14 to 30 glass panes.

Notes about the artist (from artnet):

In Xia Xiaowan’s latest show, “Painting From the Inside,” “painting” is conceived of as both as a physical act and artistic outcome. Under such a pretext, Xia Xiaowan’s works seek to investigate and question the essence of painting as well as the process of creation, sensual perception and our observation of reality.Since his early drawings, master sketcher Xia Xiaowan has restlessly been pushing the boundaries of Western traditional realistic painting. His goal, in all of this, has been to explore, by means of expanded and diffracted viewpoints, a new and ‘true vision’ which goes beyond the principles of physics. Dating back to sketches from the late 80s and early 90s, Xia Xiaowan’s subjects are often depicted from unusual angles and sometimes even appear deformed. At the same time, they appear to float in space. In short, over time, his works have increasingly departed from objectivity, realism and a strictly two-dimensional plane. It was from 2003 that Xia Xiaowan’s works found their ‘true space,’ gaining a three-dimensional quality and materially becoming in-air, ’spacial paintings’.

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9 Responses to “3D Glass Paintings”

on Aug 24, 2009 at 3:52 am

1 sir jorge

This is an incredible, seriously the greatest thing I’ve seen all day!

on Aug 25, 2009 at 7:28 pm

2 Lu

I love seeing the different ways people see art. This is amazing.

on Aug 26, 2009 at 1:08 am

3 Rhu

Fantastic work. There are a few artists out there using this beautiful technique such as Canadian David Spriggs. The concept of real drawing in 3 dimensions inspires me. Thank you Xia Xiao Wan.

on Aug 27, 2009 at 10:03 pm