Tomorrow Will Be the Most Beautiful Day of Your Life: Victoria Cantons and Xu Yang
Studio West is proud to present its inaugural exhibition, Tomorrow Will Be The Most Beautiful Day Of Your Life, displaying new works by artist couple Victoria Cantons and Xu Yang.
This will be their first show as a duo, presented in celebration of their creative and personal collaboration. Cantons and Xu share a studio and work in conversation, questioning how art operates as a redeeming medium and addressing themes of uncertainty, identity and the female gaze. The exhibition is unique in that it shows work of two artists who are intensely bonded, known for creating depictions of one another and working in unison.
The show title speaks to hope, love and positivity. Both artists see the exhibition as carrying a message of promise, offering the idea that if you seek to be your best self you will be met with a brighter tomorrow. It also relates to their ongoing relationship and the challenges they have overcome to sustain it. Both artists explore ideas of identity through their work, but what emerges in this exhibition is that they are their most true and comfortable selves when working and creating together.
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Victoria Cantons, A mantra for daily living No.1 (Hope), 2021
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Victoria Cantons, A mantra for daily living No. 2 (Trust), 2021
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Victoria Cantons, A mantra for daily living No. 3 (Love), 2021
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Victoria Cantons, Hope is everything, 2021
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Victoria Cantons, I am enough, 2021
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Victoria Cantons, Love is the answer, 2021
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Victoria Cantons, Trust the Process, 2021
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Xu Yang, Touch 01102021, 2021
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Xu Yang, Touch 03102021, 2021
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Xu Yang, Touch 04102021, 2021
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Xu Yang, Touch 30092021, 2021
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Xu Yang, Touch 23102021, 2021
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Xu Yang, Self Portrait as Flower 29062018 (After Kahlo) — Ed. 01/10, 2021
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Victoria Cantons, Love this to which you return, 2021
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Xu Yang, Victoria 24102021, 2021
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Xu Yang, Beauty Spot 23122019, 2021
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Victoria Cantons, I am not afraid of this moment, 2021
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Xu Yang, Can't Resist 28092021, 2021
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Victoria Cantons, Your soul is beautiful / Your heart shines bright, 2021
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Xu Yang, Victoria 19102021, 2021
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Xu Yang, Victoria 15102021, 2021
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Victoria Cantons, The memory of being that intimate, 2021
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Victoria Cantons, A yearning to backwards flood my impatient self with a wordless sense that everything is possible, 2021
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Victoria Cantons, A mantra for life (Trust the process), 2021
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Victoria Cantons, A mantra for life (Love is the answer : LOVE IS THE ANSWER), 2021
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Victoria Cantons, Forever and always, 2021
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Victoria Cantons, A mantra for life (La vida es para vivir : Life is for living), 2021
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Victoria Cantons, A mantra for life (I am love), 2021
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Xu Yang, The Birth of Self Discovery 04112021 (After Botticelli), 2021
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Victoria Cantons, A mantra for life (I am enough), 2021
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Xu Yang, The Day Runs in a Gilded Frame 18032021, 2021
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Victoria Cantons, A mantra for life (I am loved), 2021
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Victoria Cantons, A mantra for life (Hope is everything : Love is the answer), 2021
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Xu Yang, While The World Burns Outside 04082021,, 2021
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Victoria Cantons, A mantra for life (The truth will set you free), 2021
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Victoria Cantons, A mantra for life (Love is the answer), 2021
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Essay - John Slyce on Xu Yang, for TOMORROW WILL BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY OF YOUR LIFE
John Slyce, 15 November 2021 -
Essay - Eduardo da Costa on TOMORROW WILL BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY OF YOUR LIFE
Eduardo da Costa, 11 November 2021
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FAD Magazine: An Interview with Victoria Cantons and Xu Yang
Bella Bonner-Evans, FAD MAGAZINE, 5 November 2021 -
KCAW Newsletter
5 November 2021