Eli Klein Gallery

11/19/2022

The artist duo presents two installations, one in a seemingly stable format and the other in constant motion, recalling the post-pandemic socio-political conditions around the world. With their endless fascination with mechanics and systems, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu suggest the ways in which our society is reminiscent of a machine, with its core logic sometimes apparent and sometimes concealed.
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"1.5: 15 Years of Eli Klein Gallery" is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery, in celebration of the Gallery's 15-year journey in contemporary Asian art.
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Video: Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, “No Matter Who You Are”, 2022. Barrel, water, ink, plastic hand, mechanics, copper wires. 36 x 22 x 22 inches (91.5 x 56 x 56 cm).
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11/12/2022

's “What did the masters come to the east for” consists of two pieces of work: Fountain by Marcel Duchamp and Composition in Red, Blue, and Yellow by Piet Mondrian, which embodies the encounter of classic Western art and Eastern culture. Inspired from everyday life, Hu Yinping invited aunties from her rural hometown to reinterpret and create, with knitting needles and yarn, their own versions of Fountain and Composition in Red, Blue, and Yellow. Thanks to the ingenuity and creativity of these aunties, seemingly inaccessible masterpieces that take a prominent position in art history have been transformed into 1.5 pieces of playful artwork.
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"1.5: 15 Years of Eli Klein Gallery" is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery, in celebration of the Gallery's 15-year journey in contemporary Asian art.
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Image 1, 2: Installation View, Hu Yinping.
Image 3: Hu Yinping, What Did the Masters Come to the East for?_Mondrain_Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow, 2021. Wool, cotton, fiber, wood, 33 1/2 x 33 1/2 inches (85 x 85 cm).
Image 4: Hu Yinping, What Did the Masters Come to the East for?_Duchamp_Fountain, 2021. Wool, cotton, fiber, wood, 12 1/8 x 18 1/8 x 15 3/4 inches (31 x 46 x 40 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Hu Yinping.
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11/11/2022

’s pieces are inspired by the dove-keeping tradition in Hong Kong and New York City. While doves are commonly associated with peace and freedom, they are actually attended to and watched over by their fanciers. Both sculptures imply an interesting relationship between urban creatures and the fast-pace urban environment that surrounds them.
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"1.5: 15 Years of Eli Klein Gallery" is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery, in celebration of the Gallery's 15-year journey in contemporary Asian art.
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Images 1 and 2: Angela Yuen, “Urban Dove Fanciers”, 2022. Whistles, bird training equipment, wires, perspex, plastic toys, beads, resin, LED lights, motor, gears. 16 1/4 x 15 3/4 x 22 7/8 inches (41 x 40 x 58 cm)
Images 3 and 4: Angela Yuen, “Free Like An Urban Dove”, 2022. Bamboo, sequins, resin, perspex, LED lights. 5 1/2 x 13 3/8 x 7 5/8 inches (14 x 34 x 19.5 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Angela Yuen
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11/04/2022

OPEN TODAY – We are pleased to announce that Cui Xiuwen’s works are currently on view at the exhibition “A Window Suddenly Opens: Contemporary Photography in China” at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Nov 4, 2022 - Jan 7, 2024). Her work Sanjie has been selected as the cover image for the forthcoming catalogue published by Yale University Press.
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A Window Suddenly Opens is the Hirshhorn’s first survey of photography by leading multigenerational Chinese artists made between the 1990s and 2000s. It showcases 186 artworks made between 1993 and 2022, of which 141 are a landmark promised gift to the Hirshhorn from pioneering collector of Chinese art Larry Warsh.
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As a multimedia artist investigating human sexuality and spirituality and best known for her statements on feminism, Cui Xiuwen (1967-2018) experimented with photography, video, and painting and considered the self and soul as simultaneously subject and object. Her works are in the collections of major institutions such as the Tate Modern, UK; Centre Pompidou, Paris; The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing; and the National Art Museum of China, Beijing, among many others.
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Image 1: Cui Xiuwen, One Day in 2004 No.1, 2004. Chromogenic print, 59 x 57 7/8 inches.
Images 2-5: Cui Xiuwen, Sanjie, 2004. Color photograph, 38 1/4 x 219 1/2 inches.
Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Cui Xiuwen.
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11/02/2022

’s Journal of Emotions is an AI-generated, digital-image journal documenting the artist’s emotions. In a daily life where virtual experiences intertwine with reality, our emotions are often affected by people and events around us, whether it’s in the physical world or the virtual one. Created through Human-AI collaboration, Journal of Emotions is an original piece of digital art featuring an interplay of subjectivity and objectivity. The piece includes a series of AI-generated digital images and randomly shaped, actual 3D sculptures - called “emotion blind boxes” - which build a seamless link between the real world and the virtual world, opening up a vast space for imagination.
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“1.5: 15 Years of Eli Klein Gallery” is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery, in celebration of the Gallery’s 15-year journey in contemporary Asian art.
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Images: Fei Jun, EmoLog, 2021. Sculpture: Data generated image, blind box; Video: 16 seconds. Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Fei Jun
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10/29/2022

presents a pair of paintings under the titles of “The Solid One” and “The Melting Half”, with the former measuring half the height of the latter. “The Solid One” portrays mountains whose history extended much longer than that of humanity. “The Melting Half” depicts a snowy mountain that came into being after snow crept down into the waters. Through artistic creations on mountains and waters that have inspired many works throughout the history of art, Kurt Chan explores the “ones” or “halves” involved in the image of mountain ranges and historical geography in these two works.
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"1.5: 15 Years of Eli Klein Gallery" is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery, in celebration of the Gallery's 15-year journey in contemporary Asian art.
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Image 1: Installation View, Kurt Chan Yuk Keung.
Image 2: Kurt Chan Yuk Keung, The Melting Half, 2022. Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 1/8 inches (76 x 102 cm).
Image 3: Kurt Chan Yuk Keung, The Solid One, 2021. Acrylic on canvas, 16 1/8 x 20 inches (41 x 51 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Kurt Chan Yuk Keung.
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10/29/2022

presents a pair of paintings under the titles of “The Solid One” and “The Melting Half”, with the former measuring half the height of the latter. “The Solid One” portrays mountains whose history extended much longer than that of humanity. “The Melting Half” depicts a snowy mountain that came into being after snow crept down into the waters. Through artistic creations on mountains and waters that have inspired many works throughout the history of art, Kurt Chan explores the “ones” or “halves” involved in the image of mountain ranges and historical geography in these two works.
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"1.5: 15 Years of Eli Klein Gallery" is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery, in celebration of the Gallery's 15-year journey in contemporary Asian art.
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Image 1: Installation View, Kurt Chan Yuk Keung.
Image 2: Kurt Chan Yuk Keung, The Melting Half, 2022. Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 1/8 inches (76 x 102 cm).
Image 3: Kurt Chan Yuk Keung, The Solid One, 2021. Acrylic on canvas, 16 1/8 x 20 inches (41 x 51 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Kurt Chan Yuk Keung.
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10/28/2022

Juxtaposed with its expert prototype Samantha, ’s Samantha 1/2 is an interactive painting that allows the audience to determine its process and completion. The viewer is invited to pick a ring of their preference and fill in with a single random color, or a mixture of colors. This interaction between the artist and the viewer-turned-participant symbolizes the connections and uncertainties that exist within time and space. The mutability of one's role and perspective is challenged and complicated by this exchange.
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Visit the gallery and participate in completing the painting. “1.5: 15 Years of Eli Klein Gallery” is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery, in celebration of the Gallery’s 15-year journey in contemporary Asian art.
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Image 1: Installation view, Shen Zhenglin.
Image 2: Shen Zhenglin, Samantha, 2014. Acrylic and oil on canvas. 48 x 71 7/8 inches (122 x 182.5 cm).
Image 3: Shen Zhenglin, Samantha 1/2, 2022. Acrylic on canvas. 11 7/8 x 15 3/4 inches (30 x 40 cm). To be completed by viewers.
Image 4: Shen Zhenglin, Samantha 1/2, 2022. Acrylic on canvas. 11 7/8 x 15 3/4 inches (30 x 40 cm). In progress. Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Shen Zhenglin.
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10/27/2022

presents his recognizable portraiture using two different forms of media -- oil-painting and ink-painting -- to interpret the differences between “one” and “half.” The oil painting reveals Fang’s signature artistic approach while the ink painting serves as a testimony to his relentless pursuit of change and breakthrough. The proximity of the two pieces and the contrast between their scales create a multidimensional and presently engaging relationship between the figures for the audience to explore.
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“1.5: 15 Years of Eli Klein Gallery” is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery, in celebration of the Gallery’s 15-year journey in contemporary Asian art.
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Image 1: Installation view, Fang Lijun.
Image 2: Fang Lijun, Fall 2020, 2020. Oil on canvas. 23 5/8 x 19 5/8 inches (60 x 50 cm).
Image 3: Fang Lijun, 2021.10.4, 2021. Ink on paper. 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (14.1 x 10.8 cm), framed: 10 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches (26 x 24.8 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Fang Lijun.
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10/25/2022

Chow Chun Fai is a world-renowned Hong Kong artist who is good at capturing diversified movie scenes to depict sociopolitical and cultural changes. In the summer of 2018, before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, Chow spent three months at the new location of the Eli Klein Gallery as an artist-in-residence. As Eli Klein celebrates its 15th anniversary, Chow wants to look back on his residence experience in New York. Eli Klein Gallery’s 2018 relocation signified the beginning of its new chapter. However, the world was turned upside down in the three short years that followed, and that new world is not the one that we had in mind.
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On this 15th anniversary of Eli Klein Gallery, Chow wants to express a unique sense of nostalgia over “the new chapter.” The work consists of an oil painting and an original sketch, its content derived from an important scene in the film “V for Vendetta”. The film’s male protagonist says that “symbols are given power by people,” a statement which not only serves as a reminder of the cultural values of a free New York City, but that also contains a message for the artist himself and for the future.
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"1.5: 15 Years of Eli Klein Gallery" is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery, in celebration of the Gallery's 15-year journey in contemporary Asian art.
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Image 1: Installation View, Chow Chun Fai
Image 2: Chow Chun Fai, V for Vendetta: Symbols are given power by people, 2021. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 59 inches (100 x 150 cm).
Image 3: Chow Chun Fai, V for Vendetta: Symbols are given power by people sketch, 2021. Ink on paper, 7 x 10 1/2 inches (17.6 x 26.5 cm).
Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Chow Chun Fai.
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10/22/2022

In collaboration with Urban Art Projects (UAP), ’s new site-specific installation “Passing of the Seasons” lobbies the atrium of the newly-opened Shanghai Library East.
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“Passing of the Seasons” presents an abstract interpretation of newspaper through hundreds of square meters of terrazzo patterns. In this project, Shen Fan highlights the pure rhythm of text after erasing the words and leaving the punctuations in the newspaper which narrates the history and collections of the Shanghai Library.
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“The majestic atrium space in Shanghai Library East brings more possibilities and challenges to my creation. I hope readers will enjoy the fun of art and reading when wandering in between the line patterns in my work 'Passing of the Seasons'.” - Shen Fan
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Image: Shen Fan, Passing of the Seasons《往来春秋》(installation view), 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Shanghai Library East © Shen Fan
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10/21/2022

’s “Distance” consists of two oil paintings reflecting on Maurizio Cattelan’s banana installation. They appear to be two independent pieces of artwork, while in fact they are both incomplete halves which are only completed when put together. Shen Shaomin has marked out lines on the wall to connect these two pieces. Within a distance of 12 centimeters, Shaomin hopes to evoke reflections on the commercial market, and on the relationship between art and value.
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“1.5: 15 Years of Eli Klein Gallery” is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery, in celebration of the Gallery’s 15-year journey in contemporary Asian art.
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Images: Shen Shaomin, Distance, 2022. Oil on canvas in two parts, 11 7/8 x 25 1/2 inches (30 x 65 cm) total, 11 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches (30 x 30 cm) each. Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Shen Shaomin
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10/19/2022

is best known for his interpretations of paper. Utilizing an age-old honeycomb technique seen in paper gourd making in China, Li creates kinetic paper works which elegantly expand, contract, and retract. These sculptures hint at influences of folk traditions in China, but in contemporary light play upon perceptions and the visual language of a mercurial medium that has stood the test of time.
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Corresponding to the exhibition theme “1.5,” one of the paper sculptures is displayed in its entirety, while half of the other work has been stretched to the ground. The sculptures featured in the exhibition mark a deliberate return to Hongbo’s previous collaborations with Eli Klein Gallery, a creative partnership with a history of more than ten years.
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“1.5: 15 Years of Eli Klein Gallery” is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery, in celebration of the Gallery’s 15-year journey in contemporary Asian art.
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Images: Li Hongbo, Peace, 2017-2022. Paper, 32 x 14 x 14 inches (81 x 36 x 36 cm) each. Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Li Hongbo

10/19/2022

is best known for his interpretations of paper. Utilizing an age-old honeycomb technique seen in paper gourd making in China, Li creates kinetic paper works which elegantly expand, contract, and retract. These sculptures hint at influences of folk traditions in China, but in contemporary light play upon perceptions and the visual language of a mercurial medium that has stood the test of time.
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Corresponding to the exhibition theme “1.5,” one of the paper sculptures is displayed in its entirety, while half of the other work has been stretched to the ground. The sculptures featured in the exhibition mark a deliberate return to Hongbo’s previous collaborations with Eli Klein Gallery, a creative partnership with a history of more than ten years.
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“1.5: 15 Years of Eli Klein Gallery” is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery, in celebration of the Gallery’s 15-year journey in contemporary Asian art.
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Images: Li Hongbo, Peace, 2017-2022. Paper, 32 x 14 x 14 inches (81 x 36 x 36 cm) each. Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Li Hongbo
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10/08/2022

"I Loved You" is currently on view at and will run through November 13, 2022. Included in this exhibition are Chinese contemporary artists Gao Rong, Geng Xue, Hu Weiyi, Ren Hang among others. The exhibition is highlighted on , reviewed by Neha Kale. Read the full article via link in bio.
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"I Loved You at White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney questions whether our most sentimental actions and responses are just projections based on social conditioning."
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Image: Gao Rong, The Static Eternity, 2012, cloth, cotton thread, foam, steel, plywood, 270 × 516 × 460 cm. Photo: Hamish McIntosh. Courtesy the artist.
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09/28/2022

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09/20/2022

Opening September 21 in Savannah, Georgia, SCAD Museum of Art presents Shi Jinsong's first solo museum exhibition in the US: "Waiting for a response which we might never get," curated by Brittany Richmond .
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The exhibition is a meditation on the human need for speed. Materializing the impact of rapid urbanization on traditional Chinese landscapes, Shi Jinsong transforms the gallery into an immersive indoor sculpture garden in which the artist’s “tree-motorbikes” idle amid mechanical bamboo.
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In these signature works, Shi Jinsong mutates the anatomy of machines and natural forms to create new variants, connecting ideas of growth and decay of the environment with production and waste of capitalistic society. The artist’s über-stylized bamboo sculptures hybridize the archaic and the futuristic, the analog and the digital, to express the simultaneously accelerating speeds of technological and artistic productivity across millennia. As society continues to produce, consume, communicate, and compete at a blistering pace, Shi Jinsong urges us to look back at what fuels us and to contemplate the future that awaits us if we stay in the race.
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08/23/2022

Our exhibition “with her voice, pe*****te earth’s floor” curated by stephanie mei huang, is covered by on .la. Read the full article in the selected press section of the exhibition page on our website or via link in bio.
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“With her voice sought to create a shared space for public mourning, one from which new form of connectivity might begin to take form.”
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08/16/2022

The Real and Surreal in Ji Zhou’s Photography | AMM

"Ji Zhou: Symbiosis" is reviewed by Elia Zhang on Arts Management Magazine.
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“For Ji Zhou, rather than widening the dichotomy between human knowledge and boundless nature, he is most interested in what he calls a “symbiotic” relationship between the two. The camera, being a machine built off of scientific knowledge, is on the one hand a symbol of the human power to observe, categorize, and eventually manipulate nature the moment when it takes wildlife as its subject. The camera is also, I think, at the same time observed by what seems to be its prey: when we look at a flower or a blade of grass and take a photo of it, the plant is also looking into us.”
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https://www.artsmanagementmagazine.com/article/the-real-and-surreal-in-ji-zhous-photography/

The language of photography is in between the real and the illusory. A photograph, claiming to have the ability to represent nature, is an interpretation…

08/12/2022

Editors’ Picks: 10 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Andrea Breiling in the Hamptons to Artist-Designed Garbage Trucks in the Streets | Artnet News

"Ji Zhou: Symbiosis" is an Editors' Pick on artnet: "The artist made specially designed structures for the plants and flowers to interact with light in a specific way to highlight all the details in the vegetation in the photographs."
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https://news.artnet.com/art-world/editors-picks-august-11-2022-2149514

Editors' picks, from a talk about NFT ownership and Exonemo's "Metaverse Petshop" to artist-designed garbage trucks at Summer Streets.

08/10/2022

ji zhou - see-zeen

Our current exhibition “Ji Zhou: Symbiosis” is reviewed on See-Zeen by Nadia E Carrizo, featuring the artist’s interview. This exhibition is on view through August 27, 2022 at Eli Klein Gallery.
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"Ji Zhou's photographs portray an intimate link between people's lives and the plant kingdom. Beyond vindicating the beauty of nature, these pieces make the viewer connect with their experiences and feelings, making it clear that ‘Symbiosis’ is not only about capturing realistic nature as we perceive it, but merging with the sensations experienced both socially and personally."
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https://www.see-zeen.com/ji-zhou

ji zhou View fullsize View fullsize Plant Portrait - Tillandsia View fullsize View fullsize Your name Ji Zhou Place of birth Beijing Place where you live now Beijing 3 words to describe you Optimistic, anxious, curious Why do you take pictures? I see photography as a lingual vehicle that materialize...

07/27/2022

divine spark | Li Hongbo

Read Li Hongbo's interview with Thomas Hammerl from Divine Spark.
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"Nothing is as it seems. The astoundingly 'real world' that’s created by Li Hongbo deceives the viewer. His artworks that for example resemble ancient Greco-Roman sculptures look stable as solid marble or porcelain at first sight."
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https://divine-spark.net/creatives/li-hongbo

Nothing is as it seems. The astoundingly „real world“ that’s created by Li Hongbo deceives the viewer. His artworks that for example resemble ancient Greco-Roman sculptures look stable as solid marble or porcelain at first sight. But once pulled they „reveal their near-amorphous make-up“ (...

07/21/2022

Chow Chun Fai's photography installations are included in “The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: The Road to the Baroque - Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum” at Hong Kong Museum of Art 香港藝術館. The exhibition is currently on view and will run through November 2, 2022.
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Featuring 40 late Italian Renaissance works from the Capodimonte Museum, this exhibition is the largest Baroque presentation in Hong Kong in recent years. Baroque soundscapes designed specifically for the show will also accompany selected exhibits to create an immersive experience for viewers. Further enhancing this experience, HKMoA invited three local artists to create artistic responses to the Baroque masters presented, connecting the East and West, the past and present.
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Image: Courtesy of the artist and the Capodimonte Museum © Chow Chun Fai

07/02/2022

’s installation "Land of Fairytales" is included in "Superfluous Things: Paper and Lonely Vectors" at the Singapore Art Museum at Tanjong Pagar Distripark Singapore Art Museum. The exhibition is currently on view and will run through 14th August, 2022.
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The exhibition features 5 artworks by 9 contemporary artists, which brings our hearts back to the good ol’ reliable medium of paper while technology seems to have taken over the world.
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Li Hongbo's "Land of Fairytales" is a colorful central piece of art that reimagines a map of the world in colorful swirls of borders and boundaries. Take a closer look at the abstract work and you’ll notice that each layer of paper had been painstakingly attached one at a time.
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Image: Li Hongbo, Land of Fairytales《童话世界》(installation view), 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Singapore Art Museum © Li Hongbo
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