As pseudoscientific and dubious as the practice of physiognomy may be, it delivers judgments that are based on a fixed set of criteria. In the Chinese context, physical attributes such as the shape of one’s head are believed to reveal aspects of one’s fate. In “The Code of Physiognomy,” an exhibition at Galerie Urs Meile’s space in Beijing’s 798 district, Wang Xingwei reflected on the theme of predetermination through the prism of various scenarios and personalities within the artist’s immediate environment: his family, his friends, or a group of defamed political figures whose respective