Our selection for Wopart, the art fair of Lugano dedicated to works on paper, includes works by Paolo Canevari (Italy), Joseph Kosuth (USA), Melik Ohanian (France) and Wang Tong (China). A selection of unreleased works on paper and photographs to reflect on the transiency of art, removing the figurative reference, and favoring a narrative discourse in its nature and essence.
Wopart, booth, installation view
Focusing on the material of time through the representation of the matter that defines it, and looking at the landscape as metaphor of the incessant metamorphosis of a society on its never-ending quest for modernity. Furthermore, [dip] and Bärtschi & Cie Gallery present a collaborative project: Shining, 2008, a work on paper by Andrea Mastrovito.
Wopart, Lugano, 2017 
Paolo Canevari, Black Tears, 2014, black ink on paper, cm 23,5 x 15 
Paolo Canevari, Black tears, 2014, black ink on paper, cm 26 x 18,5 
Wopart 2017, booth, installation view 
Wang Tong, mengjin county, henan province, 1995.04, colored photograph, 60x43,3 cm, edition of 30, signed 
Wopart 2017, booth, installation view 
Wang Tong, xiping county, henan province, 1997.11, colored photograph, cm 60x43,3, edition of 30, signed 
Wang Tong, tongguan county, shanxi province 2002.02, colored photograph, cm 60x43,3, edition of 30, signed 
Wang Tong, changsha hunan, 05.2013 from the series forging cities, b&w photograph, 50x70 cm, edition of 15, signed 
Wang Tong, Beijing, 01.2008, from the series forging cities, b&w photograph, cm 50x70, edition of 15, signed 
Wopart, Lugano, 2017 
Wopart, Lugano, 2017 
Wopart, Lugano, 2017
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