January 26, 2021
2-TIMES • Art
Shen Wei,
‘Self’ @
Flowers Gallery
—
“Exploring notions
of identity, memory
and sexuality...”
Born:
1977 – Shanghai,
China.
The exhibition:
‘Self’ is the New
York-based artist's
first solo with the
Hong Kong outpost
of Flowers, bringing
together selected
works from several
series from 2009 to
the present day,
incorporating both
photography and
video work.
“Shen finds the
unfamiliar and
desire hidden
in the nature
and our unseen
surroundings.
The interplay of
darkness and light,
positive and negative
elements also
articulates oppositional
emotional states of
fear, attraction,
joy, loneliness
and absence.”
Single-channel
video (excerpt):
Dusk of the
Harmonious Garden,
2016.
2-TIMES' highlights:
· Peach Tree, 2014
· Self Portrait (Bent), 2009
On view at:
Flowers Gallery
—
49 Tung Street,
Sheung Wan,
Hong Kong.
Closes:
February 27, 2021.