Cao Fe From Up-Close in Asia for the First Time
(From left)
Philip Tinari, Director of UCCA and curator of exhibition；
Tai Kwun Contemporary: Xue Tan, Exhibition Manager；
Cao Fei；
Tobias Berger, Head of Arts, Tai Kwun
Tai Kwun Contemporary will stage the artist’s first large-scale exhibition in China.
It seems that now the whole world wants to understand millennials, to appeal to their purchasing power. Even more so, perhaps, the millennials in China are in the spotlight, and if you want to understand what troubles this generation from an artistic perspective—Cao Fei’s new exhibition is just the occasion.
On view from September 8th until December 9th, A hollow in a world too full follows an unprecedented success and international exposure Cao Fei’s retrospective at MoMA PS1 in New York received. The artist, widely known for her works which explore realities of young Chinese in a fast-changing society, often mixed social commentary, aesthetic codes of pop culture, and references to surrealism and documentary conventions in her films and installations.
Besides the newly produced Prison Architect, the exhibition will also revisit Cao Fei’s creative highlights across the last decade, offering the audience a multi-layered view of the artist. Along with the exhibition, Tai Kwun Contemporary designed an interactive program, including artist talk and guided tours.
La Town, 2014
当代大馆（Tai Kwun）将举办这位艺术家在中国的首次大型展览。
现在似乎全世界都想了解千禧一代，以吸引他们的购买力。更有可能的是，中国的千禧一代正成为人们关注的焦点，如果你想从艺术的角度去理解这一代人的烦恼，曹斐的新展览就是一个机会。
从9月8日到12月9日，在前所未有的成功以及纽约现代艺术博物馆PS1上的回顾展的国际曝光之后，曹斐的个展——A hollow in a world too full（在过满的世界挖一个洞）展出。这位艺术家以她的作品探索快速变化的社会中的中国年轻人的现实生活而闻名，其作品经常混杂着社会评论、流行文化的美学准则，以及在电影和作品中对超现实主义和纪录片惯例的引用。
除了新作品Prison Architect（《监狱建筑师》）外，展览还将重温曹斐近十年的创作亮点，向观众展示这位艺术家的多层次视角。除展览外，大馆还设计了一个互动节目，包括艺术家讲座和导赏活动。
Rumba, 2015–2018
Still from Prison Architect by Cao Fei (Cinematography by Kwan Pun Leung)