NEW YORK, NY.- Eli Klein Fine Art will present the first solo exhibition in the United States of Xiao Se, a talented and unique new force in Chinese contemporary art. Xiao Se’s technically masterful paintings draw on imagery from both the Eastern and Western artistic tradition. This exhibition showcases a body of work which presents Xiao Se’s observations of present day China in which traditional heritage, a communist past, and modernity coexist. His work is deeply influenced by Western masters, often imbuing Western or religious figures with Chinese characteristics, or surrounding them by typical Chinese