David Diao's Postmasters Exhibition Closes April 27
David Diao's exhibition at Postmasters Gallery closes on April 27, which also marks the final day of the gallery's current space. Diao's work combines personal and confessional content with a formal vocabulary derived from diagrams, plans, and text, exploring his family's displacement by the Chinese government. The new pieces retain formal elegance but shift from rueful humor to a seething emotional undertow. The article also references Alex Bag at the Whitney, Mona Hatoum at Alexander and Bonin, and Amy Sillman at Sikkema Jenkins, as well as a separate piece on stripes inspired by Michel Pastoureau's book.
Key facts
- Last day of David Diao's exhibition and the gallery space is April 27.
- Exhibition at Postmasters Gallery.
- Diao's work uses presentation diagrams, plans, and text.
- New work has a seething emotional undertow about family displacement by Chinese government.
- Also mentions Alex Bag at Whitney, Mona Hatoum at Alexander and Bonin, Amy Sillman at Sikkema Jenkins.
- Separate article discusses stripes inspired by Michel Pastoureau's book.
- Book: The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric.
- McDonald's french fry container lined with yellow stripes.
Entities
Artists
- David Diao
- Alex Bag
- Mona Hatoum
- Amy Sillman
Institutions
- Postmasters Gallery
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Alexander and Bonin
- Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
- artcritical
Locations
- New York City
- United States