exhibition
16 December 2021 > 29 May 2022

Cao FeiSupernova

the exhibition’s closing has been extended to Sunday 29 May 2022

galleria 5
curated by
Hou Hanru, Monia Trombetta

#CaoFei #Supernova

An in-depth reflection on the speed of change, the relationship between tradition and future. Her work draws a line that crosses thousands of years and takes us into the next millennium.

Interaction between reality and fantasy, real and virtual, memory and future characterise the exhibition Cao Fei. Supernova, dedicated to a leading figure on the international scene. The show, curated by Hou Hanru and Monia Trombetta, presents, together with two crucial films by the artist, Haze and Fog (2013) and La Town (2014), works appreciated by international audiences, her latest works: the film Nova (2019), a science fiction film that tells the timeless story of Hongxia, the neighbourhood where Cao Fei lives, reinvented and set in the future; the virtual reality work, The Eternal Wave (2020) produced in collaboration with Acute Art, which continues the journey begun by the artist with her previous digital works, in which she continues an exploration of the virtual, reality and self-perception with technology; and Isle of Instability (2020) commissioned by Audemars Piguet Contemporary, the latest creation made by the artist in her home in Singapore, in which she explores the psychological repercussions of the pandemic and isolation, a work that explores the social realities of everyday life in this period.

The works on display at MAXXI are part of an articulated installation itinerary that starts from the real and at times private places of the artist’s life, contemporary China, neighbourhood, studio and home and looks out onto a threatening and surreal virtual future.

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header: Cao Fei, Nova, video still, 2019. Courtesy Cao Fei, Vitamin Creative Space e Sprüth Magers.


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