Ziui Vance

Two Ladies, Original Painting

2021

Artist Comments
Two gourds in deep blue and golden yellow lean against a cool muted background. "The mysticism of the gourd is partially due to its shape causing many people to believe that they have the capability of enacting the power to save the world," says artist Ziui Vance. Above the gourds are two tiny ladybugs flitting about. "However, after a day of tussling against the more elaborate foes, these gourds find themselves on the precipice of a new adventure." The work comes in a metal frame with tempered glass.

About the Artist
Chinese artist Ziui Vance is a Michigan-based painter who works in both oil and acrylic paint. Through her artwork, Ziui strives to set up the relationship between the viewer and the artwork as one of a guest and host. Her paintings offer the viewer access into her own world of imagination. Growing up in a small secluded town in China, she used art as a means of exploration and escape and developed her practice from a young age. Her abstract work are reminiscent paintings by Mark Rothko, while her figurative work has similarities to Chinese contemporary artists Yue Minjun and Zhang Xiaogang. Ziui has a BA in design from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China and an MFA in art from University of Michigan. She is represented by UGallery.

Words that describe this painting: garden, fruits, interior, vegetable, gourds, melon, modern, still life, minimalist, minimal, shapes, color block, still life, minimalism, modern , acrylic painting, grey

Two Ladies
Ziui Vance
Acrylic painting on paper
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2021
16 in. h x 16 in. w
3 lbs. 9 oz.