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Installation view of Guan Xiao: Flattened Metal in association with K11 Art Foundation 20 April – 19 June 2016, Institute of Contemporary Arts London (ICA). Photo: Mark Blower
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Installation view of Guan Xiao: Flattened Metal in association with K11 Art Foundation 20 April – 19 June 2016, Institute of Contemporary Arts London (ICA). Photo: Mark Blower
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Installation view of Guan Xiao: Flattened Metal in association with K11 Art Foundation 20 April – 19 June 2016, Institute of Contemporary Arts London (ICA). Photo: Mark Blower
Exhibition
Guan Xiao: Flattened Metal in association with K11 Art Foundation
20 Apr 2016 – 19 Jun 2016
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 16:00 – 23:00
- Thursday
- 16:00 – 23:00
- Friday
- 12:00 – 23:00
- Saturday
- 12:00 – 23:00
- Sunday
- 12:00 – 23:00
- Tuesday
- 16:00 – 23:00
Cost of entry
Entry with Day Membership, set at £1. Free entry for ICA Members
Address
- Nash House, The Mall
- London
- SW1Y 5AH
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Piccadilly Circus/Charing Cross
For her first solo exhibition in a UK institution, Guan Xiao presents a new installation comprising large printed screens in grey-scale, in front of which are sculptures made up of various materials, including speakers that emit new audio works.
About
Working mainly in sculpture and video, Chinese artist Guan Xiao (b.1983) explores how ways of seeing are now influenced by digital image circulation as an increasingly dominant source of knowledge and information exchange. In various works and installations she endeavours to expand the aesthetic and cognitive possibilities for how identity and meaning are assigned and understood.
Xiao’s work is occupied with our incomprehension of the past, and the way in which the unknown gives rise to intriguing discussion in the present. She juxtaposes references from the past and present (or future), weaving visual and audio material (including video clips found on the internet), digital rendering techniques and objects, alongside so-called primitive and high tech elements, creating distinct and evocative installations. In this way, she offers fresh perspectives on what we perceive as the ‘new’ and the ‘old’.
Guan Xiao’s exhibition includes a video triptych and new installation comprising six large printed screens, in front of which are sculptures made up of various materials, including speakers that emit new audio works.
