Group Exhibition Cub_ism_Artspace, Shanghai
Behind the Scene, Behind the Thing
Duration: 2025.04.12 - 2025.05.31
Artist: Katharina Reinsbach |Li Qinyang |Qian Ningyue | Yuan Shu
Curator: Wang Haoyang
Address: 201-205, No.33 Middle Sichuan Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai
Cub_ism_ Artspace will present the group exhibition Behind the Scene, Behind the Thing featuring artists Katharina Reinsbach, Li Qinyang, Qian Ningyue, and Yuan Shu, the exhibition will be hold from April 12 to May 31, 2025.The "frontstage" offers an initial impression, yet artists’ artworks often reveal more behind the scenes: their secondary self-expressions or latent narratives. Do objects truly embody their original forms? Common materials, reworked by artists, transform into emotional signifiers. Behind the thing, these materials seem to acquire a second life, becoming vessels for memories or emotional symbols.
Language also operates as a sign system for exchanging information and emotions. Yet it transcends singular linguistic structures; through artistic lenses, it morphs into diverse symbolic translations. Though the four artists hail from distinct backgrounds, their works converge in this exhibition to probe shared themes. Each piece bears subtle traces of time and environment, constructing individual "signifying systems" that explore selfhood and cultural roots.
The viewer might dissect the works through the lens of linguistic structure (langue) and speech (parole). While themes like "family" or "identity" remain constant (parole), each artist’s chosen media and materials—their langue—reconfigure these concepts. For instance, Li Qinyang places a family photograph inside an open mussel shell, occupying its most tender and precious cavity. Without elaborate narration, the image’s emotional gravity resonates instantly. Her work transcends mere storytelling, instead weaving imperceptible connections to fleeting moods and atmospheres.
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