Installation view, Observing My Distant Self: Kang Chunhui, Third Floor, Exhibition Hall No.3, INKstudio

We are thrilled to shine this week’s Gallery Spotlight on Beijing-based INKstudio. Since its inception in 2012, the gallery’s mission has been to present Chinese experimental ink as a distinctive contribution to contemporary transnational art-making through curated exhibitions supported by in-depth critical analysis, scholarly exchange, bilingual publishing, and multimedia production.

INKstudio’s program encompasses Postwar and contemporary artists from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan who exhibit works of diverse media, including painting, calligraphy, sculpture, installation, performance, photography, and video.

Their current exhibition, Observing My Distant Self: Kang Chunhui, marks Kang Chunhui’s premiere solo show at the gallery and offers an immersive journey into a crucial juncture in her artistic development. With works ranging from an expansive, eight-part video to ink and mineral pigments on paper, the show unfolds in two distinct sections, “Observing My Distant Self” and “Undeniably Me,” throughout the multi-level gallery. Kang Chunhui is a female visual artist born in Urumqi and educated in Seoul who has entered the hallowed grounds of the literati landscape—populated since its inception exclusively by men—to assert herself as a contemporary artist with an uncompromising, distinctly feminine vision. Be sure to visit this fantastic exhibit before it closes at the end of this month on August 30th!

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