{"id":2124656,"date":"2026-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2124656"},"modified":"2026-09-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T21:00:00","slug":"dappled-light-and-hazy-shadows-characterize-clio-sze-tos-dynamic-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2124656","title":{"rendered":"Dappled Light and Hazy Shadows Characterize Clio Sze To\u2019s Dynamic Paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content prose-colossal max-w-none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"a painting by clio sze to of a wide landscape with a road, walkway, and water\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cUntitled\u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 38 centimeters. All photos by Aleksei Kostromin, courtesy of Clio Sze To and Cr\u00e8vecoeur, shared with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bc941e6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">Dappled Light and Hazy Shadows Characterize Clio Sze To\u2019s Dynamic Paintings<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-02T09:18:08-05:00\">September 2, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/gebert\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Grace Ebert<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"colossal-share-buttons\">\n<li class=\"colossal-share-button colossal-share-button--facebook\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2026%2F09%2Fclio-sze-to-paris-paintings%2F&amp;title=Dappled%20Light%20and%20Hazy%20Shadows%20Characterize%20Clio%20Sze%20To%26%238217%3Bs%20Dynamic%20Paintings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"colossal-share-button__link\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"colossal-share-button__label\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Share<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"colossal-share-button colossal-share-button--pinterest\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2026%2F09%2Fclio-sze-to-paris-paintings%2F&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F09%2Fto-1-960x580.jpg&amp;description=Dappled%20Light%20and%20Hazy%20Shadows%20Characterize%20Clio%20Sze%20To%26%238217%3Bs%20Dynamic%20Paintings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"colossal-share-button__link\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"colossal-share-button__label\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Pin<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"colossal-share-button colossal-share-button--email\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#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\" aria-label=\"Email this article\" class=\"colossal-share-button__link\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"colossal-share-button__label\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"colossal-share-button colossal-share-button--copy\">\n\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Copy article link\" class=\"colossal-share-button__link colossal-share-button__copy\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2026\/09\/clio-sze-to-paris-paintings\/\" data-label-default=\"Copy\" data-label-copied=\"Copied!\" data-aria-default=\"Copy article link\" data-aria-copied=\"Link copied to clipboard\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"colossal-share-button__label\" aria-live=\"polite\">Copy<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"colossal-share-button colossal-share-button--bookmark\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"simplefavorite-button preset\" data-postid=\"477323\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\"><i class=\"sf-icon-bookmark\"><\/i>Bookmark<\/button>\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/galeriecrevecoeur.com\/artists\/clio-sze-to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clio Sze To<\/a> paints in the same way she walks around her home in Paris. Setting out with an open agenda and allowing her route to evolve organically, the artist meanders through the city with an eye toward the patterns and textures that comprise the landscape. When she returns to the studio, the sights transform into impressionistic pieces that capture the feeling of a contemplative hour spent on foot.<\/p>\n<p>In her forthcoming solo exhibition <em>\u00c9chos<\/em>, Sze To presents a suite of oil paintings based on photos she captures on her walks, which become fodder for her stylized composites. Passersby appear in several scenes, although the changing seasons and time of day are a central focus for the artist. The shifting light of dusk, the hazy glow of street lamps, and the dance of shadows as the sun filters through a tree\u2019s canopy are dynamic influences on the urban landscape.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-7.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477323\" title=\"Detail of \u201cUntitled\u201d (2026)\" data-rl_title=\"Detail of \u201cUntitled\u201d (2026)\" data-rl_caption=\"Detail of \u201cUntitled\u201d (2026)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-7.jpg\" alt=\"a detail of a painting by clio sze to of a tree&apos;s shadow and a person walking among it\" class=\"wp-image-477341\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of \u201cUntitled\u201d (2026)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Bulles<\/em>, or bubbles, was the first title Sze To settled on for this body of work because of the way the thin, translucent membrane can capture and reflect light as a chromatic prism. \u201c\u00c9chos, by contrast, implies an outside: something that travels outward, rebounds, and returns to us transformed, rather than a space sealed in upon itself,\u201d a statement says. <\/p>\n<p><em>\u00c9chos<\/em> is on view from September 4 to October 10 at <a href=\"https:\/\/galeriecrevecoeur.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cr\u00e8vec\u0153ur<\/a> in Paris. Find more from the artist on <a href=\"https:\/\/galeriecrevecoeur.com\/artists\/clio-sze-to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the gallery\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-2.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477323\" title=\"\u201cUntitled \u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 38 centimeters\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cUntitled \u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 38 centimeters\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cUntitled \u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 38 centimeters\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-2.jpg\" alt=\"a painting by clio sze to of a street on a winter day\" class=\"wp-image-477337\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cUntitled \u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 38 centimeters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-3.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477323\" title=\"\u201cSeine\u201d (2026), oil on linen, 80 \u00d7 40 centimeters\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cSeine\u201d (2026), oil on linen, 80 \u00d7 40 centimeters\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cSeine\u201d (2026), oil on linen, 80 \u00d7 40 centimeters\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"4019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-3.jpg\" alt=\"a painting by clio sze to of a person sitting by a body of water on a sprin gday\" class=\"wp-image-477338\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cSeine\u201d (2026), oil on linen, 80 \u00d7 40 centimeters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-5.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477323\" title=\"\u201cGare de Lyon\u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 50 \u00d7 100 centimeters\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cGare de Lyon\u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 50 \u00d7 100 centimeters\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cGare de Lyon\u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 50 \u00d7 100 centimeters\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-5.jpg\" alt=\"a painting by clio sze to of a streetscape at night\" class=\"wp-image-477339\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cGare de Lyon\u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 50 \u00d7 100 centimeters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-6.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477323\" title=\"\u201cUntitled\u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 38 centimeters\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cUntitled\u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 38 centimeters\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cUntitled\u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 38 centimeters\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-6.jpg\" alt=\"a painting by clio sze to of an illuminated shop window with people passing by at dusk\" class=\"wp-image-477340\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cUntitled\u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 38 centimeters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-8.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477323\" title=\"\u201cUntitled \u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 38 centimeters\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cUntitled \u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 38 centimeters\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cUntitled \u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 38 centimeters\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1243\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-8.jpg\" alt=\"a painting by clio sze to of a nighttime bridge scene\" class=\"wp-image-477342\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cUntitled \u201d (2026), oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 38 centimeters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-9.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477323\" title=\"Detail of \u201cF\u00eate\u201d (2026)\" data-rl_title=\"Detail of \u201cF\u00eate\u201d (2026)\" data-rl_caption=\"Detail of \u201cF\u00eate\u201d (2026)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-9.jpg\" alt=\"a painting by clio sze to of a nighttime street scene\" class=\"wp-image-477343\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of \u201cF\u00eate\u201d (2026)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-10.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-477323\" title=\"Detail of \u201cUntitled\u201d (2026)\" data-rl_title=\"Detail of \u201cUntitled\u201d (2026)\" data-rl_caption=\"Detail of \u201cUntitled\u201d (2026)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-10.jpg\" alt=\"a detail of a painting by clio sze to of a person walking on a winter street\" class=\"wp-image-477344\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of \u201cUntitled\u201d (2026)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/to-4.jpg\" 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