ART FAIRS

Independent

Huidi Xiang, Allan Rand

05.08.202505.11.2025

Booth 704

YveYANG Gallery’s booth at Independent will showcase new sculptures by Huidi Xiang (b. 1995, Chengdu, China) alongside recent paintings by Allan Rand (b. 1983, Vejle, Denmark). At first glance, the curation appears to emphasize the disparate qualities in their work. They hail from far flung geographies—Xiang now lives in New York, Rand in Australia—and different micro-generations. Moreover, Xiang’s sculptures mine modern politics and pop sensibilities, whereas Rand’s paintings are soulful and brimming with mystery.

Huidi Xiang (b. 1995, Chengdu, China) is a sculptor based in Brooklyn, New York. Huidi holds an MFA in Art from Carnegie Mellon University and a BA in Architecture from Rice University. Huidi’s work has been exhibited at the Buffalo Instititute for Contemporary Art (Buffalo, NY), Bronx Museum of the Arts (Bronx, NY), KAJE (Brooklyn, NY), Lydian Stater (Long Island City, NY), and Contemporary Calgary (Calgary, Canada). She has presented commissioned works at the Jing’an International Sculpture Project (Shanghai, China, 2024), X Museum Triennial (Beijing, China, 2023), and OCAT Biennale (Shenzhen, China, 2021). Huidi has also participated in numerous artist residencies, including the Bronx Museum AIM Fellowship, Lighthouse Works Fellowship, NARS Foundation International Residency Program, and Millay Arts Residency Program.

Allan Rand (b. 1983, Vejle, Denmark) is a painter based in Broulee, Australia. He has lived and worked in Paris, Mogendoura, Sydney, Brussels, Porto, Düsseldorf, London, Amsterdam and Copenhagen. In chronological order, he has also had studios in West Oakland (California), Haa (Sweden), Lima (Peru), and Los Angeles (California). He has had solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions in galleries and institutions in Germany, Australia, Canada, United States, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Estonia and Britain.

Booth 704
 

Works Exhibited

Allan Rand
Cosmus Luki
2017–2018

Pigment, oil, gesso, wax pastel, ballpoint pen, chalk pastel and acrylic on linen
103 × 143 cm
40½ × 56¼ in
Allan Rand
Decorum
2023–2024

Gouache, emulsion, gesso, acrylic medium, acrylic, chalk pastel, carbon pigment, ballpoint pen and charcoal on jute and wood panel
45.5 × 57.4 cm
17⅞ × 22⅝ in
Allan Rand
Détournement
2015

Pigment and chalk pastel on linen
27 × 40 cm
10⅝ × 15¾ in
Allan Rand
Ferryman (Douro)
2013

Oil on cotton
80 × 60 cm
31½ × 23⅝ in
Allan Rand
Memory
2014

Oil on linen
50.5 × 40.5 cm
19⅞ x 16 in
Allan Rand
Mesopotamian
2017

Oil on cotton canvas
33 x 42 cm
13 x 16½ in
Allan Rand
Snowscape (Snakepits)
2017

Oil, acrylic, gesso, chalk pastel, wax pastel, correction fluid and charcoal on chambray cotton canvas
110 × 130 cm
43¼ × 51⅛ in
Allan Rand
Untitled (Emerald)
2019

Oil, gesso, charcoal, coloured pencil, ballpoint pen and chalk pastel on linen
78 × 87 cm
30¾ × 34¼ in
Allan Rand
Untitled
2013

Oil and acrylic on linen
85 x 50.3 cm
33½ x 19¾ in
Huidi Xiang
maxim tomato: 10 hours of sleep
2025

Stainless steel
36.4 × 30 × 30 cm
14⅜ × 11¾ × 11¾ in
Huidi Xiang
maxim tomato: decreased stress
2025

Stainless steel
38.6 × 32.4 × 30.6 cm
15¼ × 12¾ × 12 in
Huidi Xiang
maxim tomato: inner child
2025

Stainless steel
19.5 × 47.9 × 33.7 cm
7⅝ × 18⅞ × 13¼ in