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Karma until 24 May 2025

Oil paintings depict scenes from Jiang’s life through landscapes and interiors, in the silent language of color and form. Subtle chromatic shifts in planar shapes structure many of his compositions, evincing the poetic sensitivity of his minimalist realism, which draws as much on the Chinese Literati painting tradition as on the mysterious interiors of Edward Hopper. Using burlap as a substrate, this adds to the warp and weft and visceral texture qualities of the surfaces. Embracing the coarseness of his material, he works slowly, building layer upon layer. ‘I paint in and paint out,’ Jiang explains, ‘continuously refining the image, gradually discovering the final result through the process.’