In the last week, I’ve been sitting on my couch at night, seeding my nightmares by compulsively rewatching art that could pass for a mad scientist’s promotional video in some far, cultish reach of the internet. Delusional Mandala is by the Shanghai artist Lu Yang, whose first Seattle show is up at the Interstitial gallery in Georgetown.
Interstitial is accessible only by a narrow set of creaky stairs. This tiny, independent gallery could hardly be farther from the 2015 Venice Biennale, where Lu was the youngest of three artists to represent China. But Interstitial’s DIY attic quality only adds to the effect of Delusional Mandala…
