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Neo-Decorationism is an exhibition about new aesthetic languages could present itself as a weaving of contemporary threads into a new fabric. The material texture of art — surface, layering, and form demonstrates the underlying structure of reality, which is the fabric of being, perception, or experience. Drawing irony from the legacy of l’art pour l’art and the Aesthetic Movement’s defiance of utilitarian value, this exhibition challenges long-standing hierarchies that have historically marginalised certain visual forms, especially those aligned with femininity, domesticity, or craft.
“Though the shifting landscapes may differ, the cherished remains the same.” Elderly boatmen adrift on bamboo rafts, mountain ridges dissolving into cloud, the shimmer of lakes, the resonance of bells mingling with snow — through such images, Zhao charts the shifting cycles of the seasons and the subtle metamorphoses of day and night. Within these motifs, he continues to probe the intricate, often fraught entanglements of self-identification, cultural encounter, and historical rupture.
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