Baert Gallery

Don’t miss Wen Liu’s works included in “The Space Between Skins” at @baertgallery . The exhibition closes tonight at 6 PM. 1923 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles [1-2] Wen Liu, “What Remains Between“, 2026, prescribed herbal medicine, epoxy clay, resin, acrylic, varnish, 50 x 40 x 3 in | 127 x 101.6 x 7.6 cm [3-4] Wen Liu, Inarticulate, “Trace No. 9, 2026“, prescribed herbal medicine, epoxy clay, resin, acrylic, varnish, 26 x 57 x 1 1/2 in | 66 x 144.8 x 3.8 cm • @wen_liu_1217 #wenliu #losangeles #baertgallery #sculpture #artexhibtion

Don’t miss Yesiyu Zhao’s works included in “The Space Between Skins” at @baertgallery . The exhibition closes tonight at 6 PM. 1923 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles [1-2] Yesiyu Zhao, “Balance Cracked“, 2024-26, oil on canvas and artist’s frame, 104 1/2 x 74 1/4 in | 265.4 x 188.6 cm (framed) [3-4] Yesiyu Zhao, “Friction“, 2023-26, oil on canvas and artist’s frame, 37 1/4 x 35 1/4 in | 94.6 x 89.5 cm (framed) • @yesiyuzhao #yesiyuzhao #losangeles #baertgallery #oilpainting #abstractpainting

Installation view of “The Space Between Skins” by Wen Liu (@wen_liu_1217 ) and Yesiyu Zhao (@yesiyuzhao ). Visit the gallery at 1923 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles. The exhibition closes tomorrow at 6 pm. In the “Zhuangzi”, one of the foundational texts of Taoism, there is a fable about a man who dreams he is a butterfly. Upon waking, he can no longer be certain of the boundary between his human form and the dream. Rather than resolve the question, he embraces the fluidity between both, embodying the same threshold that artists Yesiyu Zhao and Wen Liu have made the subject of their practices.—Sigourney Schultz. • #wenliu #yesiyuzhao #baertgallery #losangeles #artexhibition

“The Phantom of Xanadu“ (2023–26) by @YesiyuZhao took three years to finish — oil layered, then carved away with a knife, like paper-cutting in reverse. From a distance: pure abstraction, cobalt and rust and teal colliding. Up close: hidden figures, residues of gesture, the architecture of an energy exchange you can almost feel but never quite see. The artist-carved frame — figures gliding through clouds — turns the painting into a portal to Xanadu. The dream palace. The place that exists only in the in-between. Yesiyu Zhao “The Phantom of Xanadu“, 2023-26 Oil on canvas and artist’s frame 60 x 48 in | 152.4 x 121.9 cm Framed: 62 1/2 x 59 3/4 in | 158.8 x 151.8 cm #YesiyuZhao #PhantomOfXanadu #ContemporaryArt #ChineseOpera #AbstractPainting

Installation view of Wen Liu’s works, currently on view at Baert Gallery. Wen Liu is a visual artist born in Shanghai, China, and based in Brooklyn, New York. She is a MacDowell fellowship awardee for 2025; RAiR Foundation Grantee for 2022; DCASE Individual Artists Program Grantee for 2018, 2019 and 2020 and received the Illinois Arts Council Agency 2020 Artist Fellowship Award. She attended residencies include Yaddo, MacDowell, AIM Fellowship, RAiR Foundation, MASS MoCA, Vermont Studio Center, ACRE Projects, and Hyde Park Art Center. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at institutions such as The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (CT), Roswell Museum (NM), Lubeznik Center for the Arts (IN), the Chicago Cultural Center (IL), and the National Grand Theater in Beijing. Works: [2-3] Wen Liu, “Inarticulate Trace No. 2“, 2024, prescribed herbal medicine, epoxy clay, resin, paint, UV resistant varnish, 43 x 40 x 1 1/2 in | 109.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm [4-5] Wen Liu, “Inarticulate Trace No. 5“, 2024, prescribed herbal medicine, epoxy clay, resin, paint, UV resistant varnish, 43 x 40 x 1 1/2 in | 109.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm • @wen_liu_1217 #baertgallery #losangeles #sculpture #artexhibition

Yesiyu Zhao new body of work takes inspiration from Chinese opera, in which performers wear intricately painted masks adorned with natural motifs such as butterflies. Each work in the series maps a different stage of metamorphosis: from the chaos of the chrysalis, through the precarious work of breaking out of the shell, to the rebirth moment when the subject ventures into the world, and finally to a state of being pulled in multiple directions at once, yet feeling settled amid the changing nature of the self. Of this philosophy, Zhao said, “Through color, shape, and the traces of my own gestures, the spaces in-between become the primary subjects. Ultimately, these physicalized frequencies serve to document the extreme fluidity of humanity.” Yesiyu Zhao “At The Split“, 2024-26 Oil on canvas and artist’s frame 67 x 84 in | 170.2 x 213.4 cm Framed: 70 x 103 1/2 in | 177.8 x 262.9 cm Currently on view at Baert Gallery. 1923 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles. Tuesday to Saturday, 11 am to 6 pm. • @yesiyuzhao #baertgallery #losangeles #oilpainting #artexhibtion

In Wen Liu’s sculptures the negative spaces between the bones are filled with a resin mixture containing Chinese herbal prescriptions. Liu began seeing a traditional Chinese medicine doctor to alleviate her health conditions, embedding each tincture into her sculptures to document her health throughout her life. These prescriptions reflect her ongoing struggle with the articulation of pain: “How well you can articulate your pain determines how accurate your diagnosis will be.” Images: [1-2 ] Wen Liu, “Inarticulate Trace No. 6“, 2024, prescribed herbal medicine, epoxy clay, resin, acrylic, UV resistant varnish, 41 x 32 x 1 1/2 in | 104.1 x 81.3 x 3.8 cm. [3-4 ] Wen Liu, “Inarticulate Trace No. 8“, 2026, rescribed herbal medicine, epoxy clay, resin, acrylic, varnish, 41 x 32 x 1 1/2 in | 104.1 x 81.3 x 3.8 cm. [5] Installation view, “Inarticulate Trace No. 6 & 8“. • @wen_liu_1217 #baertgallery #losangeles #sculpture #artexhibition

Installation views of the exhibition “The Space Between Skins” by Wen Liu (@wen_liu_1217 ) and Yesiyu Zhao (@yesiyuzhao ). On view at Baert Gallery through March 16 2026. 1923 S Santa Fe Avenue, Los Angeles. In the ‘Zhuangzi’, one of the foundational texts of Taoism, there is a fable about a man who dreams he is a butterfly. Upon waking, he can no longer be certain of the boundary between his human form and the dream. Rather than resolve the question, he embraces the fluidity between both, embodying the same threshold that artists Yesiyu Zhao and Wen Liu have made the subject of their practices.—Sigourney Schultz • Photos by Paul Salveson. • #baertgallery #losangeles #artexhibition #oilpainting #sculpture

Wen Liu and Yesiyu Zhao’s duo exhibition “The Space between Skins“ opens today at Baert Gallery. Join us tonight from 6 to 8 pm at 1923 S Santa Fe Avenue, Los Angeles for the opening reception. Wen Liu work begins from within, sculpting the invisible architecture of pain and preservation. Liu’s mixed-media sculptures resemble bone structures, like the butterfly shape of two rounded halves coming together to form a pelvis. Their structures originate as Rorschach inkblots, which are turned into drawings, then painstakingly hand-sculpted from water- and oil-based clay before a mother mold is made to cast their shape. The original sculpture never survives, becoming a metaphor for a creature shedding its skin — something must be destroyed in order for something new to be created. • Wen Liu “In Shadow, Where Seams Loosen”, 2026 Prescribed herbal medicine, epoxy clay, resin, acrylic, varnish, stainless steel Center panel: 50 x 21 x 3 in | 127 x 53.3 x 7.6 cm Side panels (each): 50 x 17 x 3 in | 127 x 43.2 x 7.6 cm • @wen_liu_1217 #wenliu #baertgallery #losangeles #artexhibition #sculpture

Wen Liu and Yesiyu Zhao’s duo exhibition “The Space between Skins“ opens today at Baert Gallery. Join us tonight from 6 to 8 pm at 1923 S Santa Fe Avenue, Los Angeles for the opening reception. From afar, Yesiyu Zhao’s new body of work appears abstract in its approach to color, texture, and form. The paintings’ precise geometric shapes and monochrome color palettes evoke refracted water or glass illuminated by light. Yet despite their abstract appearance, Zhao describes this body of work as his most figural to date, illuminating the hidden figures that personify invisible energy exchanges between each of us. • Yesiyu Zhao “Body Hardened“, 2026 Oil on canvas and artist’s frame 78 x 60 in | 198.1 x 152.4 cm Framed: 81 x 71 1/2 in | 205.7 x 181.6 cm • @yesiyuzhao #yesiyuzhao #baertgallery #oilpainting #losangeles #artexhibition

Last day to see “Private Nightmares” by Francisco Rodríguez. The exhibition closes today at 6 pm. 1923 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles. - Francisco Rodríguez “Black moon”, 2025 Oil on canvas 55 1/8 x 66 7/8 in 140 x 170 cm • @franciscorodriguezpino #baertgallery #losangeles #dtla #oilpainting

If you are in Los Angeles visit Francisco Rodriguez’s exhibition “Private Nightmares”. The show closes Saturday March 28 at 6 PM. 1923 S Santa Fe Avenue, Los Angeles. Photos: Francisco Rodríguez “Power outage; September 11th“, 2025 Oil on linen 43 1/4 x 37 3/8 in 110 x 95 cm • @franciscorodriguezpino #baertgallery #losangeles #artexhibition #oilpainting