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Ma Kelu

MA KELU

Since Ada: MA Kelu 2016–2024 Arario Gallery 8 March–27 April 2024 Shanghai
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ARARIO GALLERY SHANGHAI is pleased to announce MA Kelu’s solo exhibition Since Ada: MA Kelu 2016–2024 from 8 March 2024 to 27 April 2024. This exhibition assembles works by MA Kelu from the past eight years and will retrace the ‘Ada’ series and its extensions. Since the ‘Ada’ series, MA Kelu has moved away from studying previous painting systems and has shifted towards expressing his inner state and spiritual world. The ‘emptiness’ in the paintings, his life experience over the past 40 years and his pursuit of a transcendent realm are embedded.

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Emerging from a generation of artists interested in exploring counter-cultural forms of artistic expression, Shanghai-born painter Ma Kelu is known for his abstract, figurative, and landscape works that contributed to the development of a new form of modernism in China.

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About the Gallery
ARARIO GALLERY opened its first Chinese branch in 2005 in the Jiu Chang Art District, Beijing. The Beijing space, which operated successfully for over seven years, closed its doors in 2012. In 2014, ARARIO GALLERY SHANGHAI opened in Xujiahui, Shanghai, operating until June 2017. It then relocated to West Bund, Shanghai, from July 2017 to August 2020, and once again within the West Bund from October 2022 to April 2024. The gallery has played a significant role in introducing the works of not only Korean artists but also a diverse range of Asian artists from Japan, India, China, the Philippines, and Indonesia to the Chinese art scene. Building on decades of experience and expertise, ARARIO GALLERY SHANGHAI reopens its new space in Jing’an District, Shanghai, in March 2025. As the oldest Korean gallery in China, ARARIO GALLERY SHANGHAI is firmly established and continues to provide a sustainable foundation for Asian artists through the continuous discovery of emerging talents and the creation of advanced exhibition opportunities.
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Shanghai 2F-205, 30 Wen'an Road
Arario Gallery contemporary art gallery in Shanghai China
Arario Gallery
2F-205, 30 Wen'an Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai, China
+86 21 5424 9220
http://www.arariogallery.com

Opening hours
Tuesday – Saturday
11am – 6pm
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