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Leung Chi Wo + Sara Wong's 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥 (2023) is currently on view at group exhibition "Walking, Wandering" in Anseong Art Hall (@
anseong_arthall ), South Korea, as well as Paxos Biennale 2024 ( ), Greece. 🧺

Commissioned by the Asia Culture Center (ACC) ( ), Gwangju, Leung Chi Wo + Sara Wong produce a short film that appropriates a photograph by Kim Ki-Chan (1938-2005), a work from the ACC Archive. The figures’ gestures in the photograph are re-played by another woman (Park So Young) born many years later, showing the encounter and interaction between the two persons, transcending the generation gap.👩‍👦

This is the first video developed from the duo's ongoing project 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 which examines anonymous individuals captured in news photographs and archival images. 👀

More info about the exhibitions via link in bio. 🔗 You may also get the opportunity to view the work in Hong Kong. Stay tuned!
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Film still of Leung Chi Wo + Sara Wong, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥, 4K video, 9'10", 2023.
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Leung Chi Wo

Yooyun Yang‘s close-up on the hands accentuates their gestures, movements, and marks which display the traces of labor. 𝘈 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 (2024) captures a moment of respite as a worker takes a break from painting, holding a cigarette between his paint-splattered fingers.
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𝗬𝗼𝗼𝘆𝘂𝗻 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗴: 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀
4 Jun - 13 Jul, 2024
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Yooyun Yang, 𝘈 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, 2024, Acrylic on Korean paper (Jangji) mounted on panel, 73 x 91 x 2.7 cm
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In the latest ”PIMO“ ( ) Dynamic Duo Furniture launch, Pixy Liao ( ) & Takahiro Morooka reimaged how two people can be functional or non-functional furniture at home. 🛋️ See the advertisements of a fictional line of furniture. Now in the latest issue of ArtReview Asia ( )! 🤸🏻‍♂️🪑🤸🏻‍♀️

In the latest ”PIMO“ Dynamic Duo Furniture launch, Pixy Liao (@ bloodypixy) & Takahiro Morooka ( ) reimaged how two people can be functional or non-functional furniture at home. See the advertisements of a fictional line of furniture. Now in the latest issue of ArtReview Asia ( )!

While painting 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 (2024), Chihoi was looping in the background the song 《第十支煙》 (The tenth cigarette) by my little airport ( ). The ashtray depicted in 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 has ten cigarette slots in it which echoes the song title, although only nine are immediately visible, with one concealed by the light. 💫

“I was imagining ten people smoking together. They must have a lot to talk about and to get off their chest.” - Chihoi 🚬

🎧🎶🔗 Bonus - link in bio to check out Chihoi’s playlist
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[1] Portrait of Chihoi. Photo by Oi Yan Chan. Image courtesy of 美紙ART AND PIECE ( )
[2] Chihoi, 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦, 2024, Oil on linen, 25.4 x 35.3 x 2.3 cm
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#第十支煙 #餘地

South Ho Siu Nam's 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘰𝘰𝘳 (2014) b&w photographic series and Eason Tsang Ka Waig's 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘰𝘱 photographic series (2011-2012) are currently on view in group exhibition "Civilization: The Way We Live Now" at Jut Art Museum, Taipei. Last two days to visit the exhibition! 📸

“This exhibition uses photographic art as a reminder of the events that have already occurred in our century or are about to take place on this planet, in an attempt to prompt extra attention and broader discussion. We also expect this exhibition to stimulate the visitors to contemplate the future of human life and the world, and how our contemporary civilization will be presented in the foreseeable future.” - Jut Art Museum

More details about the exhibition via link in bio.🔗
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𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘆 𝗪𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘄
𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: Until 30 Jun, 2024
𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: Main Venue｜Jut Art Museum (No.178, Sec. 3, Civic Blvd., Da'an Dist., Taipei City 106, Taiwan); Satellite Venue｜NOKE 3F Uncanny (No. 200, Lequn 3rd Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City 104053, Taiwan)
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Installation view of "Civilization: The Way We Live Now" at Jut Art Museum. Image courtesy of Jut Art Museum.
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Final day today to visit "Angela Su: The Magnificent Levitation Act of Lauren O" at the Institute of Modern Art ( ) in Brisbane, Australia! 👀

"Angela Su’s documentary-style, speculative-fiction video 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘖 (2022) addresses levitation as a politically subversive act. It tells the story of the artist’s alter-ego Lauren O—an enigmatic figure who believed she could levitate—and her involvement with Laden Raven, a group of anarchist circus performers." - IMA 🪩

The video was the centrepiece of Su’s show "Angela Su: Arise, Hong Kong in Venice", the Hong Kong Collateral Event at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia in 2022.

Details via link in bio 🔗
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𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝘂: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗢
𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: Until 27 Jun, 2024
𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: Institute of Modern Art, Ground Floor, Judith Wright Arts Centre, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane QLD 4006, Australia
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[1][2]Installation view of "Angela Su: The Magnificent Levitation Act of Lauren O" at the Institute of Modern Art, 20 Apr - 27 Jun 2024, Brisbane. Image courtesy of the Institute of Modern Art.
[3] Film still of Angela Su, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘖, 2022.
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Yooyun Yang‘s 𝘈𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 (2024) depicts an art handler at work. Yang’s realistic rendering of the hand, laser beam and wooden grain make the scene appear palpable, like a Trompe-l‘œil. Through the use of Jangji paper, which has a fibrous texture, the wooden board becomes tactile. 🏚️
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𝗬𝗼𝗼𝘆𝘂𝗻 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗴: 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀
4 Jun - 13 Jul, 2024
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Yooyun Yang, 𝘈𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦, 2024, Acrylic on Korean paper (Jangji) mounted on panel, 73 x 61 x 2.7 cm
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We are pleased to announce that Sin Wai Kin has been shortlisted for the 2024 Film London Jarman Award, presented by Film London ( ) and Channel 4 ( ) in association with Whitechapel Gallery ( )! 🎉

"Artist and filmmaker Sin Wai Kin uses moving image and performance to invite viewers to think beyond binary constructions. Set in opulent palaces and enchanting Italian gardens, their film, 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘥, brings forth both the familiar and the uncanny in an interlocking tapestry of dreamlike narratives and enigmatic characters." - The Jarman Award.

The winner of the Jarman Award will be announced in late November in London. Click the link in our bio to find out more. 🔗

Congratulations Wai Kin for the nomination! 🎉
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Film stills of Sin Wai Kin, 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘥, 2023. © Sin Wai Kin.
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Wang Tuo's film 𝘖𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 (2019) will be featured in the group exhibition "Liminal Stages: Explorations on Perception, Existence, and Techno-consciousness" at Wind H Art Center ( ) in Beijing, opening tomorrow (22 Jun 2024)! 👩‍💻🧑‍💻

The exhibition explores the contemporary human-machine relationship and its existential implications. Wang's 𝘖𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 was inspired by the mysterious case of a missing person. The film provokes discussions surrounding desire, obsessions, architectural aesthetics, and Otaku culture, against the backdrop of the Internet age. 📧
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𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗘𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼-𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀
𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: 22 June - 1 Sept, 2024
𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: Wind H Art Center, North Gate 1, 751 Art Unit, Jiuxianqiao North Road, Chaoyang, Beijing, China
𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 ( )
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[1-3] Wang Tuo, 𝘖𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 2019, single channel 4K video (color, sound), 20'31"
[4] Poster of the exhibition. Image courtesy of Wind H Art Center.
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#王拓 #箫岭

We are glad to announce that four of Sin Wai Kin's works have entered the Tate Collection ( ), including one video work and three face wipe works. The works are purchased with funds provided by the Shane Akeroyd Fund for British Art 2023.
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[1] 𝘈 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 (still), 2021, 4K Single-channel Video, 23'09", Edition of 6 + 2AP
[2] 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦, 2019, Makeup on face wipe, 34.5 × 31.5 × 7 cm
[3] 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵, 2019, Makeup on face wipe, 34.5 × 31.5 × 7 cm
[4] 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯, 2019, Makeup on face wipe, 34.5 × 31.5 × 7 cm
Image courtesy of the artist.
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What does it mean to live in the Cloud? ☁️☁️☁️ Join Jen Liu‘s conversation with Freya Chou () on 14 June at Asia Art Archive in America (), where Jen will discuss her current body of work in progress - 𝘈 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 - developed during her residency in the past three months at Asia Art Archive in America and for Blindspot Gallery for September 2024 (more details to come). 👀

”In this presentation, Liu considers the different ways technology and mythology work to flatten human experience into simple physical mechanics: from the work of liquid evaporation of Hungry Ghosts to the invisible data microlabor that drives digital society. People become mist, then are reified as AI-driven diffusion-based images bearing little resemblance to their human origin.“ - Asia Art Archive in America
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RSVP via the link in bio 🔗
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𝘼 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙:𝗝𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘆𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝘂
𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: 16 Jun, 2024, 7PM EDT
𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: Asia Art Archive in America, 23 Cranberry St, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Artist Portrait by Walter Wlodarczyk. Image courtesy of the artist and Asia Art Archive in America.
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“Yooyun Yang: With Hands” presents a new body of work that spotlights labor and its palpable traces in hands. The paintings isolate the hands, heightening a sense of solitude in the menial and repetitive task performed by their owner. Hands are synonymous with manual labor, something that is undervalued and overshadowed in an era governed by digital technology. 👷👷‍♀️

To coincide with the theme of these works, we have captured some close-ups of ”hands“ within our gallery space. These intimate shots include the hands of the artists, curator, art handlers, and our gallery staff, capturing hands at work. 🤟
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𝗬𝗼𝗼𝘆𝘂𝗻 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗴: 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀
4 Jun - 13 Jul, 2024
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Chihoi’s “The Bankers” 《銀行家》catches a group of well-suited individuals smoking quietly in the alleyway behind a building in Central, HK’s financial district, revelling in brief evasion from the busyness.

Their exhaled smoke gently engulfs them, the artist poignantly capturing their idle demeanor and temporary detachment.
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Chihoi, “The Bankers” 《銀行家》,
2024, Oil on linen,
32.2 x 41.2 x 2.3 cm
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“Chihoi: Leeway” & “Yooyun Yang: With Hands”
4 June - 13 July, 2024
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Catch South Ho's works at the 8th Yokohama Triennale before it closes on 9 Jun!

8th Yokohama Triennale
Until 9 Jun 2024
Yokohama Museum of Art (Venue for South Ho's works)
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“Yooyun Yang: With Hands” presents a new body of work by the South Korean artist that spotlights labor and its palpable traces in hands and objects. The paintings isolate the hands, heightening a sense of solitude in the menial and repetitive task performed by their owner.

With a background in Korean ink wash painting, Yooyun paints and builds up layers of diluted acrylic on Korean traditional paper, Jangji. The horizontal format of her paintings echo smartphone photographs, bridging the gap between traditional and contemporary.
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“Yooyun Yang: With Hands” & “Chihoi: Leeway”
4 Jun - 13 July 2024
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Chihoi’s “The man who doesn’t take metro anymore” (2024) portrays a man gazing at a traffic tunnel, enveloped in a mysterious, burgundy aura. The convergence of the man’s sightline and the end of the tunnel becomes a focal point, leading to an unknown destination, eliciting a yearning for an escape.

The red in the painting evokes Hong Kong’s 紅隧 (translates in English to Red Tunnel), properly named the Cross Harbor Tunnel that connects Hong Kong island to Kowloon side.
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Chihoi
The man who doesn’t take metro anymore
2024
Oil on linen
33.5 x 45.8 x 2.3 cm
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“Chihoi: Leeway” & “Yooyun Yang: With Hands”
4 Jun - 13 Jul 2024
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"Sin Wai Kin's solo exhibition 'Portraits' transforms the Foyer of MUDAM Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean into a space for the exploration of the possibilities of storytelling, and of perceived notions of reality. ✨

Enclosed within a white curtained structure are five moving image artworks from the series 'Portraits' (2023 – ongoing). Playing in a continuous loop on the screens, the characters that Sin personifies in this specific series reference iconic artworks and literary stories to explore impermanent identities and realities." - MUDAM Luxembourg
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Sin Wai Kin: Portraits
Till 9 June, 2024
Mudam Luxembourg (Foyer), Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean,
3, Park Dräi Eechelen
L-1499 Luxembourg-Kirchberg
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Images: View of the exhibition ‘Sin Wai Kin. Portraits’, Mudam Luxembourg© Photo: Rémi Villaggi – Metz | Mudam Luxembourg
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Installation views from "Yooyun Yang: With Hands", on view from now until 13 July!

This is the South Korean artist Yooyun Yang’s debut solo exhibition in Hong Kong. With a background in Korean ink wash painting, Yang paints and builds up layers of diluted acrylic on Korean traditional paper, Jangji.

Incorporating light and shadow to conjure enigma, her realist paintings which stem from photographs evoke jamais vu, turning the mundane into visceral and uncanny tableaus. “With Hands” presents a new body of work that spotlights manual labor and its palpable traces in hands and objects.
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Photos by Ray Leung
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"Yooyun Yang: With Hands" & "Chihoi: Leeway"
4 Jun - 13 Jul 2024
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If you are in NYC, check out Jen Liu's screening and discussion at the e-flux Screening Room on Thu June 6, 7pm!

The screening will feature Jen's "The Land at the Bottom of the Sea" (2023), "Pink Slime Caesar Shift: Electropore" (2021-22), "Pink Slime Caesar Shift: Gold Loop" (2021), and "The Machinist’s Lament" (2014).
Get tickets and full details on the e-flux website~
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"Jen Liu: Labor, Liquidation, and Resistance"
Screening and discussion
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Thu June 6, 2024, 7pm
e-flux Screening Room (172 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205, USA)
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Film stills from Jen Liu, "The Land at the Bottom of the Sea", "Pink Slime Caesar Shift: Electropore", "Pink Slime Caesar Shift: Gold Loop" and "The Machinist’s Lament". Courtesy of the artist.

"Chihoi: Leeway" is on view from now until 13 July! The exhibition consists of a series of 13 intimate paintings capturing serendipitous and poetic moments from Chihoi’s memories and imaginations.

Hong Kong artist Chihoi’s foundation in comic drawing, which emphasizes segmenting motion and time into panels, intriguingly contrasts with extended moments preserved in his oil paintings.
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Photos by Ray Leung
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"Chihoi: Leeway" & "Yooyun Yang: With Hands"
4 Jun - 13 Jul 2024
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Chihoi has been publishing comic books since the late 1990s. In his comics, he transforms imagination and story into frame-by-frame pictures. ✏️

The artist has created a six-panel comic strip - 𝘉𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 (《踩界》) - for his solo exhibition at Blindspot Gallery, entitled "Chihoi: Leeway" (“智海：餘地”). “If we think of “餘地” in a literal sense as “remaining land”, I want to express here my longing to escape to a spare land, fleeing far away from the pressures among people,” he said. 🥊
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𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗵𝗼𝗶: 𝗟𝗲𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆
4 Jun - 13 Jul, 2024
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Thank you everyone for visiting the opening of “Chihoi: Leeway” and “Yooyun Yang: With Hands” and joining the artist-led exhibition walk-through. 💫The two solo exhibitions will run through 13 Jun. 👩‍🎨🧑‍🎨
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Photo by Ray Leung
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𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗵𝗼𝗶: 𝗟𝗲𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆 & 𝗬𝗼𝗼𝘆𝘂𝗻 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗴: 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀
4 Jun - 13 Jul, 2024
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Opening tomorrow | 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗵𝗼𝗶: 𝗟𝗲𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆 & 𝗬𝗼𝗼𝘆𝘂𝗻 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗴: 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀

During the opening reception (4-6:30pm, 1 Jun), there will be an artists-led exhibition walk-through at 4:30pm. Join the walk-through and learn more about the stories behind the works. The walk-through will be conducted in English. 🤩
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𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗵𝗼𝗶: 𝗟𝗲𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆 & 𝗬𝗼𝗼𝘆𝘂𝗻 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗴: 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀
𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
1 Jun, 2024 (Saturday)
4:00 - 6:30pm
𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁-𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸-𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵
4:30pm
𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀
4 Jun - 13 Jul, 2024
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Behind the Scene | 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗵𝗼𝗶: 𝗟𝗲𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆 & 𝗬𝗼𝗼𝘆𝘂𝗻 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗴: 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀

Some sneak peeks from installation process of the two upcoming solo exhibitions by Chihoi and Yooyun Yang. Look forward to seeing you at our opening on Saturday! 🤗
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𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗵𝗼𝗶: 𝗟𝗲𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆 & 𝗬𝗼𝗼𝘆𝘂𝗻 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗴: 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀
𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
1 Jun, 2024 (Saturday)
4:00 - 6:30pm
𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁-𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸-𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵
4:30pm
𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀
4 Jun - 13 Jul, 2024
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About Yooyun Yang | “𝗬𝗼𝗼𝘆𝘂𝗻 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗴: 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀” | Opening 1 Jun

Yooyun Yang transforms overlooked crevices of urban contemporary life into fragmented excerpts, often depicting cropped close-ups of people and places with disorienting perspectives. Yang who was trained in traditional Korean ink wash painting creates works by painting layers of diluted acrylic on Jangji paper. With her distinct sensitivity, fleetingly mundane scenes become otherworldly and surreal. Her works which stem from photographs have a hazy and porous texture; juxtaposed with her use of chiaroscuro, the paintings are imbued with a cinematic ambience. 👤

Join the artist-led exhibition walk-through at 4:30pm during the opening reception (4-6:30pm, 1 Jun) and get to know the story behind the works. The walk-through will be conducted in English. 🚩

“𝗬𝗼𝗼𝘆𝘂𝗻 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗴: 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀”
𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
1 Jun, 2024 (Saturday)
4:00 - 6:30pm
𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁-𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸-𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵
4:30pm
𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀
4 Jun - 13 Jul, 2024
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[2] Yooyun Yang, 𝘈 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, 2024, Acrylic on Korean paper (Jangji) mounted on panel, 73 x 91 x 2.7 cm
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About Chihoi | "𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗵𝗼𝗶: 𝗟𝗲𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆"| Opening 1 Jun

Chihoi is a self-taught artist with a practice stemming from drawing and illustrations. He has also been publishing comic books since the late 1990s. Over the years, his practice has expanded to encompass oil painting. Chihoi would transform imagination and story into frame-by-frame pictures in his comics. While as a painter, he would begin with observation and thoughts from reality, before materializing these introspections into intimate tableaus, capturing fleeting moments that allude to one’s inner psyche. Chihoi’s painted scenes carry urban textures and existential underpinnings, at times unveiling estrangement from an environment that once felt familiar. 💆‍♂️

Join the artist-led exhibition walk-through at 4:30pm during the opening reception (4-6:30pm, 1 Jun) and get to know the story behind the works. The walk-through will be conducted in English. 🚩
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"𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗵𝗼𝗶: 𝗟𝗲𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆"
𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
1 Jun, 2024 (Saturday)
4:00 - 6:30pm
𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁-𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸-𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵
4:30pm
𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀
4 Jun - 13 Jul, 2024
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Images:
[1][3]Chihoi, 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘍𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦, 2024, Oil on linen, 32 x 41.3 cm
[2] Sketch label of the work by Chihoi
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An exclusive limited edition print of Sin Wai Kin's 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘥 (2024) will be on view at exhibition "All the Lovers: Editions from 30 Years of Gasworks" to celebrate Gasworks's ( ) 30th anniversary, opening from 31 May to 2 June 2024 at London, coinciding with London Gallery Weekend.! Happy birthday to Gasworks! 🎉🎉

The work is also available to view and purchase on the Gasworks website via link in bio. 🔗

The edition is "a behind-the-scenes image shot during the filming of 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘥, their 2023 solo exhibition at Fondazione Memmo ( ), Rome. In the film, 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘥, Wai Kin plays multiple characters and identities that evolve, split and sometimes morph into each other. They borrow and reshape elements from multiple cinematic genres, including thriller, noir, and fantasy – distorting the conventional frameworks of narrative cinema, undoing categorisations, and dissolving the lines between them. In the edition too, they disguise and morph their identity and their roles as the artist, the film star, the writer, and the director, challenging these hierarchies and imagining something different." - Gasworks

Wai Kin used to be the studio artist of Gasworks from 1 May 2018 – 31 Aug 2023.
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Sin Wai Kin, 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘥, 2024. Archival Inkjet print on Canson Infinity Photosatin 270gsm. Edition of 30 + 3APs. Photo: Andy Keate
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"𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟯𝟬 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗮𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀"
𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: 31 May - 2 Jun, 2024
𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: David Zwirner, London, 24 Grafton Street, London W1S 4EZ, UK
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Congratulations again to Wang Tuo for winning the K21 Global Art Award, established by the Freunde der Kunstsammlung (Friends of K20 K21 ) and the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (K20 K21 ) in Düsseldorf, Germany!

The award includes the purchase of the multi-channel video installation 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (2022) by Wang Tuo. The work will be exhibited in two rooms in K21 from today! Check it out if you’re in Berlin!

Here are some snapshots from yesterday‘s awarding ceremony, artist talk, and opening of the solo presentation. 📸
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”𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝘂𝗼: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻“
𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: Opening 24 May 2024
𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: K21, Ständehausstraße 1, 40217 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Congratulations to Isaac Chong Wai ( ) who has been awarded the Désirée and Hans Michael Jebsen Fellowship from Asian Cultural Council ( ), an artist residency which took place in New York for a period of six months! 🗽

Chong will research the performance art scene in New York, focusing on Asian diaspora communities' practices and platforms. He seeks to foster connections between Hong Kong and New York, contribute to dialogues on anti-Asian racism, and expand his video work 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 (2021-2024) developed in response to attacks against Asian individuals during the pandemic. He aims to challenge stereotypes and promote empathy by connecting with AAPI artists and cultural workers. 🚶🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️

𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 is currently on view at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia entitled ”Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere“ curated by Adriano Pedrosa.

Link in bio to learn more about the fellowship 🔗
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Images:
[1] Portrait of Isaac Chong Wai at the Venice Biennale 2024. Photo by Rachel Jiam
[2] Image courtesy of ACCHK
[3] Installation view of 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Photo by Atsushi Kakefuda
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟲𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗟𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗶 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘇𝗶𝗮
𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: 20 April –24 November, 2024
𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: Arsenale - Corderie (H11, 16) (entrance from Campo della Tana 2169/F, 30122 Venice, Italy)
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