Wenzhe Wang

About

Wenzhe Wang (2000) is an artist based in London.

He grew up during a period of rapid economic development in China, when imitation and piracy were rampant, and counterfeit goods flooded the market. His mixed Chinese-Japanese heritage led him to frequently compare the two countries, making him deeply aware of the prevalence of copying in China. As China’s economy gradually developed, the country began to move away from this situation. This shift led him to ponder whether piracy could become genuine, prompting him to study the relationship between the evaluations surrounding objects and the objects themselves. He noticed that people often misunderstood evaluations as the actual nature of things, so he sought to understand how evaluations arise and how they affect people through practical experience.

His practice is to directly present reality, showing the relationship between evaluations and things themselves, rather than using his work to express a particular viewpoint. In his view, finding a point of entry to showcase the thing itself is more effective than discussing it. He hopes that his practice is reality itself rather than a mere artwork, and that the audience, when experiencing his practice, is witnessing something happening.

In his perspective, the world is a highly meticulous yet loosely organized system. The conditions for events to occur are very precise, but the impacts of these events are quite random. In his creative approach, he uses a rigorous structure to attempt to create a reality that is arbitrary yet rich.