What is your destiny, your place in the world and your own influence on it? Questions about the fate and consequences of migration and globalization surface in disguise. Despite its contemporary sharpness, Wang’s work is a model of elegance, often with a touch of humor. She plays with the idea of identity as a multifaceted phenomenon and connects her personal experiences to thoughts and ideas about art and art history.

With a series of recent paintings, Wang continues the meditative lines of Agnes Martin (1912-2004). Her ode to this famous minimalist painter is at the same time a statement of respect, a personal appropriation and an update. In Wang’s work, the abstract grid becomes a framework that also offers space for figuration: lines of poetry and still lifes, such as a handful of tangerines, painted in the tradition of Chinese realism.

Also on display is a selection of paintings with stained glass windows. Wang depicts the Dutch window as a mirror for painting, inspired by facades that catch her eye when she walks on the street. In her studio she paints her memories of windows and reflections on canvas.

Characteristic of her poetic, slightly activist touch is the self-portrait in which she blows fluff from a dandelion: giving up the seeds to the wind that will spread them further.