Dawei Wang: Captured By Night presents new oil paintings that capture the quiet emotional textures of everyday urban life — figures absorbed in their own worlds, suspended in time, rendered in soft pastels that heighten a sense of otherworldliness. Drawing on Hopper's attentiveness to light and Tuymans's understated tension, Wang builds luminance slowly, layer by layer, from observations gathered on daily walks and subway commutes. Informed by his experience navigating life between Shanghai and New York, the works hold distance, memory, and solitude in careful, empathetic focus.
