Zadie Xa - New Now London Wednesday, December 6, 2023 | Phillips
  • Zadie Xa’s practice combines many cultural reference points which she draws from her Korean and native Canadian heritage. These include streetwear, music videos, quilting techniques, and traditional clothing. Much of Xa’s work is preoccupied with using water and marine ecologies to explore the fantastical while also considering themes of homeland. In Orcamany of these influences converge to create a work that reels with cultural relevance. The bright and playful colours call to mind the aesthetic of early 2000’s pop cultural fashions from the artist’s youth, whilst the colourful fringe add layers of movement. The orca motif refers to Xa’s interest in the close-knit family bond exhibited by orca pod, acknowledging the matrilineal social structures of cetaceans.

     

    Xa’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions at numerous galleries in Canada, the United States, and Europe, including the Serpentine Gallery in London, 2016; Palais de Tokyo, in Paris, 2018; Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver, 2021; and Remai Modern in Saskatchewan, Canada, 2020–2021.

    • Provenance

      Union Pacific, London
      Acquired from the above by the present owner

CONTEMPORARY FEMALE ARTISTS FROM THE SERGE TIROCHE COLLECTION, TO BENEFIT AFRICA FIRST

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Orca

signed and dated 'Zadie Xa 2019' on a label stitched to the reverse
fabric, bleached denim, faux fur and synthetic hair
177 x 141 cm (69 5/8 x 55 1/2 in.)
Executed in 2019.

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Estimate
£10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠

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London Auction 6 December 2023