Xiaoning Yu - Silent Icon
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Xiaoning Yu presents Silent Icon, an original 2026 acrylic painting on a 50 × 40 cm canvas (1.5 cm deep) in a contemporary front-facing portrait, signed by hand, produced in Italy with a satin finish and including a certificate of authenticity.
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“Silent Icon 01” is part of the Synthetic Identities series, an ongoing visual exploration of contemporary identity and its transformation into image. The work presents a frontal face, suspended between presence and emotional distance. The expression is neutral, almost immobile, while the chromatic surface explodes into intense and unnatural colors. This contrast generates a visual tension between what is seen and what is perceived.
The portrait does not depict a real individual, but a constructed figure: an icon of contemporary identity, where color becomes emotion and silence becomes language. In an era dominated by images and digital representation, Silent Icon 01 reflects on how identity is shaped, filtered and reduced to surface.
More than a psychological portrait, this work functions as a visual presence: stable, frontal and synthetic. It invites the viewer to question what it means to “be visible” today and how much of what we see is authentic versus what is artificially built.
Materials: Acrylic paint (Maimeri, Italy), non-toxic
Support: Canvas on wooden frame (made in Italy)
Finish: Satin final varnish
Dimensions: 50 × 40 × 1.5 cm
Year: 2026, Italy
Authenticity: Certificate of authenticity signed included
Shipping: Carefully packed, tracked international shipping
About the artist:
Xiaoning Yu, graduated from Brera Academy of Fine Arts and the University of Milan.
Exhibitions:
2022 — Artists’ Agenda, Milano Edition, Libreria Bocca in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Italy.
2021 — Naviglio Grande Exhibition, Milan, Italy.
2021 — Artists’ Agenda, Milano Edition, Libreria Bocca in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Italy.
2021 — Exhibition “Homage to Books,” Libreria Bocca in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan, Italy.
2019 — Exhibition “Bookmark,” Milan (MI), Libreria Bocca in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Italy.
“Silent Icon 01” is part of the Synthetic Identities series, an ongoing visual exploration of contemporary identity and its transformation into image. The work presents a frontal face, suspended between presence and emotional distance. The expression is neutral, almost immobile, while the chromatic surface explodes into intense and unnatural colors. This contrast generates a visual tension between what is seen and what is perceived.
The portrait does not depict a real individual, but a constructed figure: an icon of contemporary identity, where color becomes emotion and silence becomes language. In an era dominated by images and digital representation, Silent Icon 01 reflects on how identity is shaped, filtered and reduced to surface.
More than a psychological portrait, this work functions as a visual presence: stable, frontal and synthetic. It invites the viewer to question what it means to “be visible” today and how much of what we see is authentic versus what is artificially built.
Materials: Acrylic paint (Maimeri, Italy), non-toxic
Support: Canvas on wooden frame (made in Italy)
Finish: Satin final varnish
Dimensions: 50 × 40 × 1.5 cm
Year: 2026, Italy
Authenticity: Certificate of authenticity signed included
Shipping: Carefully packed, tracked international shipping
About the artist:
Xiaoning Yu, graduated from Brera Academy of Fine Arts and the University of Milan.
Exhibitions:
2022 — Artists’ Agenda, Milano Edition, Libreria Bocca in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Italy.
2021 — Naviglio Grande Exhibition, Milan, Italy.
2021 — Artists’ Agenda, Milano Edition, Libreria Bocca in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Italy.
2021 — Exhibition “Homage to Books,” Libreria Bocca in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan, Italy.
2019 — Exhibition “Bookmark,” Milan (MI), Libreria Bocca in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Italy.
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Edition
Original
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Direct from the artist
Sold with frame
No
Artist
Xiaoning Yu
Technique
Acrylic painting
Title of artwork
Silent Icon
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2026
Colour
Green, Purple, Red
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
50 cm
Width
40 cm
Weight
360 g
Depiction/theme
Portrait
Style
Contemporary
Period
2020+
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