Asunder
满地残阳
GLASS CURTAIN GALLERY (COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO)
FEBRUARY 27 - April 25, 2025
In Asunder / 满地残阳, Hope Wang takes a long look back at work spanning from as early as 2017 to the present. This exhibition bears witness to a transitional state in Wang’s practice and broader life, plucking at the knot tangled in her chest. Change and heartache feel the same; like the promise of every sunset, the day breaks with everything in it.
Leaning into the repetitive nature of printmaking, the slippage of meaning when reading poetry, and the slow craft of weaving, Wang attempts to render the ghostly silhouette of a thing you can’t quite remember but also haven’t fully forgotten.
This exhibition is partially supported by a project grant from the Luminarts Cultural Foundation, as well as a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, a state agency, through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
cotton candy skies wet sugar on my tongue
Hand-painted cotton, tencel, bamboo yarn
40 x 65 inches
2025
Asunder Catalogue Book Spreads
archive dump of artist’s phone photographs, studio ephemera, poetry, past solo exhibition statements, notes app entries, artwork title lists that resemble a compost bucket inventory
2025
throwing a short glance in the sliver between the glass barred against the warm air 1
Cotton, wool, tencel, wood frame
25 x 22 x 2 inches
2018
throwing a short glance in the sliver between the glass barred against the warm air 3
Cotton, wool, tencel, wood frame
28 x 15 x 2 inches
2018
throwing a short glance in the sliver between the glass barred against the warm air 7
Cotton, wool, wood frame
29 x 26 x 2 inches
2021
the night croaked with the ache of cicadas
Hand-painted cotton, tencel, bamboo
60 x 57 inches
2024
waiting for the echo in my clenched jaw to deaden whilst the rustling outside grows warmer and warmer
Handwoven textile with cotton and hand-dyed paper linen
53 x 101 inches
2017
Palimmpst
Letterpress print
12 x 19 x 2 inches
Edition of 10
2021
Plimpsests
Letterpress print
12 x 19 x 2 inches
Edition of 10
2021
nodding and smiling
nodding and smiling at everything
until my head falls off
until everything falls off
nodding and laughing at
how nice the sun feels
handwoven with cotton and wool
33 x 54 inches
2017
electric lines humming like mayflies above Lake Erie
Hand-painted cotton, tencel, bamboo yarn
42 x 70 inches
2023
Paliimsests
Letterpress print
12 x 19 x 2 inches
Edition of 10
2021
Palimpssts
Letterpress print
12 x 19 x 2 inches
Edition of 10
2021
birdsong lanced by the power washer roar
Hand-painted cotton and wool
85 x 63 inches
2023
as the steam rises from the asphalt, 1
Multi-layer screenprint on paper, screen-printed mat board embossed with asphalt texture
14 x 16 x 2 inches
2020
the traffic still rushes in the distance, 1
Multi-layer screenprint on paper, screen-printed mat board embossed with asphalt texture
14 x 16 x 2 inches
2020
sunset bloat with storm
Bleach-painted cotton, bamboo yarn
55 x 58 inches
2025
the traffic still rushes in the distance, 2
Multi-layer screenprint on paper, screen-printed mat board embossed with asphalt texture
14 x 16 x 2 inches
2020
the traffic still rushes in the distance 2
Multi-layer screenprint on paper, screen-printed mat board embossed with asphalt texture
14 x 16 x 2 inches
2020
