Cheng Xinhao 程新皓
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This minimalist artwork features the word "DOCENT" in large, gray, bold lettering against a plain white background. The simple composition and use of negative space create a striking visual impact, emphasizing the text as the central focus. The clean, sans-serif font style and muted color palette give the piece a modern, conceptual aesthetic. This artwork likely explores themes of education, expertise, or the role of the docent in guiding museum visitors, using an understated, typographic approach to convey its message. ...
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Cheng Xinhao 程新皓
B.1985, ChineseCheng Xinhao (b.1985 Yunnan, China) currently lives and works in Kunming, China. Cheng’s works are usually based on long-term field studies, centering around his hometown in Yunnan Province. With videos, installations, photographs and words, he personally investigates the polyphonic relationships between logic, discussions, knowledge, and the part that nature, society, and history play within them. Selected institution exhibitions include River Pulses, Border Flows, Times Museum (Guangzhou, 2022); The Language of Mushrooms: The Interspecies Internet, Contemporary Gallery Kunming (Kunming, 2022); I Recognized the World: Born in the 80s and 90s, MOCA Yinchuan (Yinchuan, 2021); An Archive: Seven Trails, Taikang Space (Beijing, 2020); Air Waste Health Water Energy Soil, Gleis 70 (Zurich, 2021); Re: Everything which exists under the sky, Gasworks (London, 2019). Cheng is the recipient of several awards, including Abigail Cohen Fellowship (2017), the 6th Hou Dengke Documentary Photograph Award (2017), Author Book Award Arles (2017, shortlisted), Aperture First Photobook Award (2016), Shiseido Photography Award (2015), Three Shadows Photography Award (2015) Website: chengxinhao.me ...
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Tabula Rasa Gallery
LondonTabula Rasa Gallery is based in Beijing's 798 art district. Established in 2015, it aims to promote both Chinese and international contemporary artists through exhibitions, talks, research and publication. The gallery name is Latin for 'blank state'. In philosophical discourse, it refers to the idea that our knowledge comes from our experiences and education, all participants are born in a Tabula Rasa state. Tabula Rasa hopes that the exhibitions they present can subvert viewers’ preconceptions, creating conditions for fresh artistic experiments. ...