{"id":834311,"date":"2026-09-02T16:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/834311\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T16:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:18:15","slug":"dappled-light-and-hazy-shadows-characterize-clio-sze-tos-dynamic-paintings-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/834311\/","title":{"rendered":"Dappled Light and Hazy Shadows Characterize Clio Sze To’s Dynamic Paintings \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clio Sze To<\/a> paints in the same way she walks around her home in Paris. Setting out with an open agenda and allowing her route to evolve organically, the artist meanders through the city with an eye toward the patterns and textures that comprise the landscape. When she returns to the studio, the sights transform into impressionistic pieces that capture the feeling of a contemplative hour spent on foot.<\/p>\n

In her forthcoming solo exhibition \u00c9chos, Sze To presents a suite of oil paintings based on photos she captures on her walks, which become fodder for her stylized composites. Passersby appear in several scenes, although the changing seasons and time of day are a central focus for the artist. The shifting light of dusk, the hazy glow of street lamps, and the dance of shadows as the sun filters through a tree\u2019s canopy are dynamic influences on the urban landscape.<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>Detail of \u201cUntitled\u201d (2026)<\/p>\n

Bulles, or bubbles, was the first title Sze To settled on for this body of work because of the way the thin, translucent membrane can capture and reflect light as a chromatic prism. \u201c\u00c9chos, by contrast, implies an outside: something that travels outward, rebounds, and returns to us transformed, rather than a space sealed in upon itself,\u201d a statement says. <\/p>\n

\u00c9chos is on view from September 4 to October 10 at Cr\u00e8vec\u0153ur<\/a> in Paris. Find more from the artist on the gallery\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cUntitled \u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 38 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cSeine\u201d (2026), oil on linen, 80 \u00d7 40 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cGare de Lyon\u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 50 \u00d7 100 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cUntitled\u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 38 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cUntitled \u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 38 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>Detail of \u201cF\u00eate\u201d (2026)<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>Detail of \u201cUntitled\u201d (2026)<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>\u201cF\u00eate\u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 100 \u00d7 73 centimeters<\/p>\n

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