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Urban Theater: A Comedy in Four Acts UCCA Edge 22 May 2021–22 May 2022 UCCA Edge
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Site-specific installations by Cao Fei, Aki Sasamoto, and Wong Ping and an outdoor installation by Erwin Wurm in a year-long outdoor exhibition set the stage for an open, fluid, interactive, and thought-provoking space for public art at UCCA Edge.

The new UCCA Edge officially opens to the public in Shanghai on May 22, 2021. Opening concurrently with the inaugural exhibition City on the Edge: Art and Shanghai at the Turn of the Millennium, from May 22, 2021 to May 22, 2022, UCCA Edge presents the year-long outdoor exhibition Urban Theater: A Comedy in Four Acts. The group show transforms the wraparound outdoor terrace of the museum into a thought-provoking space for public art and an open and fluid setting to stimulate new curiosity and interactions with art for the museum’s new audience in Shanghai. Urban Theater: A Comedy in Four Acts is curated by UCCA Curator Ara Qiu.

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Installation Views

Erwin Wurm, UFO, (2006). Mixed media, 80 × 275 × 550 cm. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London. Image courtesy UCCA Center for Contemporary Art.
Wong Ping, Shifty Eyes Exercise, (2021). Site-specific installation, 180 × 180 × 250 cm. Commission by UCCA Edge, courtesy the artist and Edouard Malingue Gallery. Image courtesy UCCA Center for Contemporary Art.
Aki Sasamoto, Weather Bar, (2021). Site- specific video installation. Commission by UCCA Edge, courtesy the artist and Take Ninagawa, Tokyo. Image courtesy UCCA Center for Contemporary Art.

Artists Exhibiting

Cao Fei contemporary artist
Cao Fei b. 1978 Follow +
Aki Sasamoto contemporary artist
Aki Sasamoto b. 1980 Follow +
Wong Ping contemporary artist
Wong Ping b. 1984 Follow +
Erwin Wurm contemporary artist
Erwin Wurm b. 1954 Follow +

Also Exhibiting at UCCA

All Exhibitions
Carsten Höller UCCA 6 June–11 October 2026 UCCA Beijing
John Baldessari UCCA 19 September 2026–3 January 2027 UCCA Beijing
About the Gallery

Opened in May 2021, UCCA Edge occupies 5,500 square meters over three levels of the new EDGE tower in Shanghai’s Jing’an District. Designed by New York-based architecture practice SO – IL, the museum includes 1,700 square meters of gallery space as well as a wraparound outdoor terrace and public spaces including a lobby and auditorium. As an integral part of the UCCA constellation, UCCA Edge will mount exhibitions of leading Chinese and international artists, some developed exclusively for the Shanghai audience, some touring from other UCCA locations.

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2F, No.88 Xizang Bei Lu
Jing'an District
Shanghai
China
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Tuesday – Sunday
10am – 7pm

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Shanghai 2F, No.88 Xizang Bei Lu, Jing'an District
UCCA Edge contemporary art institution in Shanghai China
UCCA Edge
2F, No.88 Xizang Bei Lu, Jing'an District, Shanghai, China
+86 21 6628 6861
http://www.ucca.org.cn/en

Opening hours
Tuesday – Sunday
10am – 7pm

Closed Mondays
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