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Future in the Mirror ShanghART 11 January–22 February 2025 Beijing
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Born in the 1940s, these avant-garde figures have spent decades investigating fundamental questions through diverse media including painting, video, and installation, exploring profound inquiries into life, humanity, and technology. Central to the exhibition is their engagement with mirrors—both as physical entities reflecting the material world and digital interfaces redefining spatiotemporal dimensions. As film theorist Christian Metz suggests, the mirrored image functions not merely as a representation of reality but emerges as a “conscious fantasy.”

Over the past half-century, the three artists have consistently challenged boundaries of media and concept, each presenting distinctive investigations into future possibilities. Featured works include Liang Shaoji’s kiln-formed glass installation “Ice Bed” revealing silk-like traces of life, Li Shan’s experimental imagery derived from “restructuring” biological genes, and Lynn Hershman Leeson’s prophetic allegories of human-machine symbiosis through her “cyborg” films. Together, they transform technological speculation into artistic reality, suggesting new perspectives on human destiny. Coinciding with the Lunar New Year, this exhibition seeks to create an imaginative space for dialogue where tradition and futurity intersect.

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Artists Exhibiting

Liang Shaoji contemporary artist
Liang Shaoji b. 1945 Follow +
Lin Shan contemporary artist
Lin Shan b. 1988 Follow +
Lynn Hershman Leeson contemporary artist
Lynn Hershman Leeson b. 1941 Follow +

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Fabrice Hyber
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About the Gallery

ShanghART gallery was initiated in 1996 in Shanghai. It has since grown to become one of China’s most influential art institutions and a vital resource to the development of contemporary art in China with two spaces in 50 Moganshan Road (Main Space and H-Space), a public warehouse space in West of Shanghai (ShanghART Taopu), and a gallery space in Beijing and representing over 40 artists.

Being recognized for its importance ShanghART became the initial gallery from China participating in major international art fairs like Art Basel and Fiac, Paris. ShanghART gallery also enjoys the great respect of being among the 75 most influencial galleries selected in Thames & Hudson’s publication ‘International Art Galleries: Post-war to Post-millennium.’

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261 Caochangdi, Airport Side Road
Chaoyang District
Beijing
China
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Tuesday - Saturday
11am - 6pm

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Beijing 261 Caochangdi, Airport Side Road, Chaoyang District
ShanghART contemporary art gallery in Beijing China
ShanghART
261 Caochangdi, Airport Side Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
+86 106 432 3202
http://www.shanghartgallery.com

Opening hours
Tuesday - Saturday
11am - 6pm

Sunday, Monday
Closed
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