Wang Guangyi: Obscured Existence

Unsettling paintings inspired by Immanuel Kant, supreme beings and political propaganda

This book presents a selection of paintings by Wang Guangyi (born 1957) never exhibited in the West, made from 2013 to today. It includes the series Daily Life (2013–14), Ritual (2015), Obscured Existence (2018–20) and The Shadow of Memory (2021), together with self-portraits and other paintings.