Xue Wang hace surrealismo pop, con protagonistas femeninas de grandes ojos que transmiten una aparente dulzura, pero que a menudo se ven envueltas en escenas perturbadoras o extrañas. Estas figuras suelen estar acompañadas de elementos como fantasmas, juguetes, animales y personajes de cuentos de hadas, creando pequeñas narrativas visuales llenas de humor negro y un toque de travesura. La propia Xue Wang describe sus ilustraciones como inquietantes.
"My creative impulse is driven by a fascination with childhood paraphernalia: dolls, toys, fairy tales, stage sets, fun fairs, found objects mixed with whimsy. These personal recollections are complimented by the cultural heritage of Victoriana, vintage fashion, film iconography, pin-up imagery etc. We cannot escape the past and our sweet yesterdays, whether imagined or real, are my repository. Any search for particular meaning in my idiosyncratic work may not yield much. If one word were chosen to describe my paintings, it would be ‘edgy’. Superficially they may appear ‘cute’ but my intention is to unsettle, albeit subtly. As the creeping wasp on the fairy cake does."
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