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Shao Fan

2000 · Stainless steel · Asian Art

This pair of armchairs belong to Shao’s Chair series in which historic Ming-style forms are transformed into sleek, sometimes surreal, modern hybrids using contemporary forms, techniques, and materials. These works not only illuminate aesthetic connections across time and culture, but also demonstrate how China’s past can both adapt to and coexist with its rapidly changing and increasingly globalized present.

Artist

Shao Fan

Date

2000

Medium

Stainless steel

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Pearl Lam, 2010