Moonlight Without Visa
Group Exhibition ShanghART M50, Shanghai

Artists:Chai Mi, Fu Baoyi, Brubey Hu, Huang Peishan, Huang Songhao, Liu Xueyu, Liu Zexuan, Yang Gang, Stephen Yao, Zhang Chong, Zhang Wanwen, Zhu Kuang
Curators: Wu Zhe, Chen Wenyi

Opening: 2026/1/31 16:00
Duration: 2026/1/31 - 3/31 (Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 - 18:00)
Location: ShanghART M50, Building 16, 50 Moganshan Road, Putuo District, Shanghai

In an era of increasing global mobility, cultural identity has become fluid, hybrid, and dialogical. The exhibition features artists who have grown up within, or moved between, multiple cultural contexts. Working across video, installation, and painting, they explore how imagination traverses the boundaries of time, place, and reality. Rather than offering a nostalgic reflection on diasporic experience, the exhibition maps a dynamic “cultural landscape”—one that is neither fully anchored nor entirely displaced, where cultural experience is continually evolving.

In the exhibition, “moonlight” evokes a shared experience that transcends geographical and cultural boundaries, while also illuminating the estrangement and introspection produced by migration, displacement, and the continual flux of identity. The artists direct their gaze to objects beyond immediate reach—imagined cities, reconstructed memories, doors to the unknown, and moments yet to come. Through their work, creation becomes a way to stay connected to the world, even amidst the constraints of reality. Rather than presenting a singular narrative of “cross-cultural experience,” the exhibition highlights the ongoing tensions inherent in artistic practice—moments that continually oscillate between acceptance and resistance, memory and imagination, freedom and constraint.

Notably, by juxtaposing different creative approaches, the exhibition showcases the diverse and intersecting practices of a new generation of artists, including both formally trained and self-taught individuals. These differences are evident in the ways artists engage with materials such as folklore, mythology, local dialects, and literary texts, presenting them in direct, open-ended forms that preserve the intensity of raw experience. In turn, the works invite viewers to set aside preconceptions and reflect on their own experiences within a space of uncertainty.

As moonlight illuminates vast horizons, creation opens a dialogue beyond the bounds of identity. The exhibition offers a liminal space between drifting and dwelling, where artworks and contemplation meet. If identity is no longer fixed, how do we perceive each other, and where do we find our place in the world?

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