Fu Xiaotong at Chambers Fine Art

Without putting pencil or brush to paper, Beijing-based artist Fu Xiaotong created this enigmatic cityscape, seen as if in a fog or snowstorm.  Created entirely by piercing a thick piece of paper with a needle, the scene’s suggestion of nature (even in the built environment) is appropriate, given Fu’s signature subject matter of mountains, water and other organic elements.  (On view at Chambers Fine Art in Chelsea through August 17th).

Fu Xiaotong, detail of 473,000 Pinpricks 473,000, handmade paper, 64 ¾ x 78 ¾ inches, 2017.