Capsule is pleased to present Capsule Filling, a pop-up group exhibition showcasing works by 18 artists, ranging from sculptures and installations to paintings and photographs. It will be on view from March 24 to April 13, 2025 at 2/F, Hilltop Plaza, 49 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong. The exhibition is a rhapsody on the concept of the capsule. Inspired by the Metabolism movement in architecture, it meanders through notions of pharmaceuticals and innovative dwellings as biohackers, and capsule hotels and space pods as totems of nomadic expeditions. Adapting to the particularities of the site, the exhibition highlights the sculptural and self-organising qualities of living organisms, and reflects on the ethics of dwelling and the experience of being.
A curved panoramic glass wall encapsulates the space, with the internal energy field and the external cityscape gradually permeating and interacting. Set against the backdrop of the bustling streets of Central, the exhibition emits a compactness that contrasts with Capsule’s idyllic space in the former French Concession of Shanghai. The works of 18 artists on view form a collage of contemporary life while echoing the history of the exhibition venue: Lyndhurst Terrace and Hollywood Road in Central. This neighborhood was once home to the first-generation descendants of Sino-Western intercultural marriage, and served as a trading market for international travelers and merchants when Hong Kong first opened as a port. It continues to be a site of integration, vitality, and exploration, here and now.
Established in late 2016 by Italian gallerist and long-time influential figure of the Shanghai art scene Enrico Polato, Capsule Shanghai is a self-described ‘gallery and art laboratory’ based in Shanghai’s central Xuhui District. Situated on the first floor of a picturesque 1930s garden house in the idyllic greenery of the former French Concession, the gallery works primarily with emerging Chinese and international artists who push the boundaries of contemporary art. Its special focus has been on artists who have personally and professionally migrated between regions, creating unique trans-national and trans-regional links.
