A recurring look at what's happening at Shanghai's art galleries:
1. ShanghaiPRIDE Art & Photo Exhibition
ShanghaiPRIDE kicks off the seventh edition of their festival with the opening reception of their Art & Photo Exhibition. Running with the theme of ‘Love is Our future,’ several artists with links to Shanghai have created works that reflect their experiences in the city across a range of mediums. Participating artists include Moggy Chang, Bin Hu, Dragonfruit, Scotty So, James Jarvis and Gabriel Munguia. Opening reception is at 7pm on June 12 at Polar Bear Gallery with support from Garden Restaurant & Bar. The artists will be on hand to chat from 8pm and the exhibition continues until the end of ShanghaiPRIDE on June 21 with a silent auction held throughout. For more, check out our interview with ShanghaiPRIDE co-founder Charlene Liu.
// June 12-21. Polar Bear Gallery, see event listing.
2. Dong Wensheng: Continuum
The Ganyu-born artist is a protégé of Zhou Xiaohu. Working primarily in photography and video art, Dong has crafted a mysterious style that originates from traditional Chinese aesthetics. Continuum features 12 new unique black and white works continuing the artist’s experimental darkroom techniques. The camera-less works play with the chemical and material roots of photography. An artist’s reception will be held on June 13 from 5-8pm.
// June 13-July 31. m97 Project Space.
3. Zheng Zhiyuan: Morphology of Shanghai
Zheng Zhiyuan commemorates his changing hometown in this series that explores urban morphology. For the past decade, Zheng has gone to every street in Shanghai, finding meaning of the transforming landscape in expressive photography (see cover image). The Nanfang Documentary Photography Exhibition award winner has previously exhibited in Hong Kong and Korea. Opening reception is on June 13 from 3-5pm.
// June 13-July 27. C14 Gallery.
4. Shen Zhiying: I Don't Pretend to Understand the Universe
In her second exhibition at James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai-based painter Shi Zhiying takes inspiration from Einstein and Herman Hesse’s last novel The Glass Bead Game. Hesse’s work follows students at an elite school attempting to explain the laws of the universe through a game involving glass beads. Shi takes those motifs in works that convey movement. A reception for the artist takes place on June 13 from 6-8pm.
// June 13-Aug 9. James Cohan Gallery.
5. Floating Wine Cups
Contemporary lifestyle brand Shang Xia teams up with Pan Xi for an exhibition that reintroduces traditional crafts into contemporary life. These inkwas paintings draw from centuries-old traditions while taking on an entirely modern form.
// Until June 22. Shangxia, see event listing.
6. Renzo Piano: Piece by Piece
The Pritzker Architecture Prize Winner counts London’s Shard Tower and the New York Times Building among his creations. Piece by Piece is a large scale retrospective of Piano’s work while exploring his use of materials with specific structures and settings.
// Until June 28. Power Station of Art.
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