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march 28, 2018 - Solomon Guggenheim NY

Five Artists Envision the Future in New Commissions at the Guggenheim

One Hand Clapping Features Works by #caofei, #duanjianyu, #linyilin, #wongping, and #samsonyoung and is the Third Exhibition of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chinese Art Initiative

Exhibition: One Hand Clapping
Venue: Solomon R. #guggenheim Museum, 1071 #fifthavenue, #newyork Location: Tower Levels 5 and 7
Dates: May 4 to October 21, 2018

(NEW YORK, NY—March 27, 2018)—The Solomon R. #guggenheim Museum presents One Hand Clapping, a group exhibition of newly commissioned works by #caofei, #duanjianyu, #linyilin, #wongping, and #samsonyoung. The exhibition is the third of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chinese Art Initiative, a research, curatorial, and collections-building program begun in 2013. On view from May 4 through October 21, 2018, One Hand Clapping will be accompanied by a catalogue and public and educational programming.

The artists in One Hand Clapping explore our changing relationship with the future. Produced in both new and traditional mediums—from virtual reality technology to oil on canvas—their commissioned works challenge visions of a global, homogeneous, and technocratic future. On Tower Level 5, #wongping creates a multimedia installation centered on a colorful, racy animated tale that explores the tension between an aging population and the relentless pace of a digital economy; in her paintings and sculptures, #duanjianyu depicts a surreal, transitory place where the rural meets the urban; and #linyilin constructs a virtual-reality simulation featuring a professional basketball star, testing the potential for using technology to inhabit the experience of another. On Tower Level 7, #caofei examines the new realities and potential crisis driven by automation and robotics at some of China’s most advanced storage and distribution facilities, and #samsonyoung reflects on our obsession with ritual and authenticity through a sonic and sculptural environment of imaginary musical instruments and their digitally engineered sounds.

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