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Conversation with the Stone ShanghART WB Central 13 July–31 August 2025 Shanghai, West Bund
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ShanghART WB Central Space is pleased to present the exhibition Conversation with the Stone, which will open on 13 July and run through 31 August. Featuring works by 14 artists—Boedi Widjaja, Chen Xiaoyi, Fu Site, Guoguo Erma, Li Yongzheng, Tang Jie, Tong Wenmin, Wang Xin, Wang Jianwei, Yoyo, Shi Zhiying, Su Chang, Qi Wenzhang, and Zhou Zixi—starts with ‘stone’, the exhibition creates a conversation crosses boundaries between the past and the future, reality and the virtual, the self and the other, and human and object.

The exhibition borrows its title from the eponymous poem by Wisława Szymborska. Beginning with the verse, the featured works either use stone as a medium, a metaphorical image, or as a historical relic, which together unfold a dialogue that transcends time and space. The stone is not only a silent object but also an eternal witness, and yet, imbued with the artist’s subjective awareness, it seems to respond. In the works, the stone becomes an unconscious ‘self’, a ‘narrative object’, a subject capable of speech and outcry. It bears memories older than life itself, transformed through artistic practice into myriad forms, through which we glimpse nature, time, and the unknown.

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Selected Works

Cupid and the Black Cat by Qi Wenzhang contemporary artwork painting
Qi Wenzhang Cupid and the Black Cat, 2024 Oil on canvas
230 x 180 cm
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Debris Flow 07 by Zhou Zixi contemporary artwork painting
Zhou Zixi Debris Flow 07, 2019 Oil on canvas
60 x 80 cm
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Diamond by Guoguo Erma contemporary artwork installation mixed media moving image sculpture
Guoguo Erma Diamond, 2025 Mixed media, fossils, ceramics, metals, wood, 3D printing, LED lights, controller hosts, mobile phones
200 x 200 cm
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Emergent by Wang Jianwei contemporary artwork mixed media painting
Wang Jianwei Emergent, 2022 Mixed media, cast aluminium, fluorocarbon paint
105 x 130 x75 cm
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Fly the Wind by Tong Wenmin contemporary artwork moving image
Tong Wenmin Fly the Wind, 2016 Performance, single-channel video
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Gem Mirror No.7 by Shi Zhiying contemporary artwork painting
Shi Zhiying Gem & Mirror No.7, 2022 Oil on canvas
130 x 200 cm
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Path. 14 The River Flows Two Ways by Boedi Widjaja contemporary artwork moving image
Boedi Widjaja Path. 14, The River Flows Two Ways, 2023 Multi-channel video, three-channel moving image
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Portrait 04 by Wang Xin contemporary artwork mixed media works on paper
Wang Xin Portrait 04, 2023 Mixed media on paper, pearl powder, mineral stone powder, pastel
59 x 78.5 cm
69 x 88 cm (incl frame) ShanghART Request Price & Availability
Reverberation Guide by Chen Xiaoyi contemporary artwork print
Chen Xiaoyi Reverberation Guide, 2020 Giclée print
135 x 90 cm
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River Rock by Boedi Widjaja contemporary artwork drawing textile
Boedi Widjaja River Rock, 2023 Ink, graphite, and synthetic dna on handwoven silk
250 x 100 cm
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Those Meander Worries in Barren Shell 1 by Chen Xiaoyi contemporary artwork design
Chen Xiaoyi Those Meander Worries in Barren Shell #1, 2021 Uv print on aluminium plate
100 x 34 x36 cm
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When Tethys Sea retreats westward leaving the reverberation by Chen Xiaoyi contemporary artwork moving image
Chen Xiaoyi When Tethys Sea retreats westward, leaving the reverberation, 2022 4K, single channel video, colour
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Artists Exhibiting

Boedi Widjaja contemporary artist
Boedi Widjaja b. 1975 Follow +
Zhou Zixi contemporary artist
Zhou Zixi b. 1970 Follow +
Tong Wenmin contemporary artist
Tong Wenmin Follow +
Su Chang contemporary artist
Su Chang b. 1985 Follow +
Fu Site contemporary artist
Fu Site Follow +
Chen Xiaoyi contemporary artist
Chen Xiaoyi b. 1992 Follow +
Qi Wenzhang contemporary artist
Qi Wenzhang Follow +
Wang Xin contemporary artist
Wang Xin b. 1983 Follow +
Wang Jianwei contemporary artist
Wang Jianwei b. 1958 Follow +
Shi Zhiying contemporary artist
Shi Zhiying b. 1979 Follow +
Li Yongzheng contemporary artist
Li Yongzheng Follow +
Tang Jie contemporary artist
Tang Jie Follow +
Yoyo contemporary artist
Yoyo Follow +
Guoguo Erma contemporary artist
Guoguo Erma Follow +

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