Floating Aimlessly 9
Artist/Maker
Haoyu Xu (Xǔ Hàoyǔ 许浩宇)
(Chinese, b. 1987)
Date2014
MediumLithograph
DimensionsImage: 19 3/8 × 15 1/8 in. (49.2 × 38.4 cm)
Sheet: 25 1/2 × 21 3/4 in. (64.8 × 55.3 cm)
Sheet: 25 1/2 × 21 3/4 in. (64.8 × 55.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Driek (OC 1965) and Michael (OC 1964) Zirinsky
Edition5/30
PortfolioPersons
Object number2017.35.4
Status
On viewXu’s images seem to reveal a nameless realm that combines medieval bestiaries, microscope photography, and nightmares, all carefully rendered with scientific precision.
Provenance(Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA); by gift via Driek and Michael Zirinsky, Boise, ID, 2017 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Asian Prints
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (June 25, 2019 - December 22, 2019 )
Shadows of Meaning, Echoes of Memory: Works from the Zirinsky Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 31, 2025 - June 29, 2025 )
Collections
- Modern & Contemporary
- On View
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