May 8, 2023
In this Episode of the Ma's House Podcast your host Hunter Begun is joined by Artist in Residence Xiong Wei, they take the time to discuss Xiong's sculptures, his connection to nature and where Xiong sees his art taking him. They also Partake in what is quickly becoming a staple of the Podcast a game Hunter has dubbed The Draft.
Artist Profile
Xiong Wei is a contemporary artist/sculptor based in Brooklyn. He is interested in the emotional bond and rational relationships among people, between the human body and the object body, and humanity’s role as one of the species in our nature. Xiong s work concerns confrontational themes such as violence, mental burden, and the relationship between individualism to collectivism. His sculpture emphasizes the bodily scale, the spectator s body's relation with the body of artwork, and the space they coexist.
Links
https://www.xiongweisculpture.com/
https://www.instagram.com/xiongweiii_studio/
https://www.mashouse.studio/