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Eli Klein Gallery has an international reputation as one of the foremost galleries specializing in contemporary Asian art.
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Eli Klein Gallery has an international reputation as one of the foremost galleries specializing in contemporary Asian art and continues to advance the careers of its represented artists and hundreds of other Asian artists with whom it has collaborated. The Gallery has been instrumental in the loan of artworks by Asian artists to over 100 museum exhibitions throughout the world. It has published 40

books/catalogues and organized more than 75 exhibitions of Asian contemporary art at our prestigious venues in New York City. Eli Klein’s gallery artists have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Artforum, Newsweek, and ARTnews and have been on CNN and countless other international broadcasts, publications, and online critical reviews. Located at 398 West Street (between Charles and West 10th) in the trendiest part of the West Village, Eli Klein Gallery is just a few blocks from the new Whitney Museum and the commencement point for the High Line. In a landmarked Federal-style row house that enjoys special cultural, historical and aesthetic value to the City of New York, Eli Klein Gallery occupies 3 levels of the building, boasting 13-foot ceilings on the ground floor. The Gallery was founded by Eli Klein in 2007. During these formative years, it established a reputation for introducing fresh, contemporary, and often challenging works by rising Asian talents to the western audiences. Now, as the leading dealer of Asian contemporary art outside of China, Eli Klein actively promotes cross-cultural awareness and investment at the highest level amongst some of the world’s most influential nations. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KleinSunGallery

06/28/2024

Eli Klein Gallery is thrilled to present “At-Will Adaptation,” a residency-then-exhibition featuring artists Quan Wenfei (b. 1992, lives and works in New York), Yang Shuai .yang.studio (b. 1998, lives and works in New York), and Echo Youyi Yan (b. 2000, lives and works in New York).
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Residency: July 9 - September 7, 2024
Exhibition: September 7 - 28, 2024
Opening Reception with the artists: Saturday, September 7, 2024 | 6-8 PM
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The three artists, working in various mediums such as sculpture, painting, drawing, printmaking, collage, woodwork, metalwork, glasswork, performance, among others, will create entirely new artworks using Eli Klein gallery as their studio. The Gallery will be open to the public during normal business hours throughout the duration of the residency. In addition to demonstrating their creative processes, the artists will also display their existing works that exemplify their practices. The project runs from July 9th and will culminate in a three-artist exhibition opening on Saturday, September 7th, highlighting their newest creations.
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06/25/2024

Last week to see Liu Bolin: Order out of Chaos at the gallery.
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Image: Liu Bolin, Hiding in Italy - Teatro di Corte Reggia di Caserta, 2017. Archival inkjet print, 26 3/4 x 35 3/8 inches (68 x 90 cm).

05/14/2024

In April 2024, embarked on a new journey as the latest Librarian-in-Residence for . She initiated ‘Open-Lib, Open-Co’, a series of workshops to forge interdisciplinary discussions of art centred on sociology, anthropology, and philosophy. The workshop will simulate a coworking scene in a library, with the display of newly acquired books and zine titles for participants to peruse.
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“In collaboration with , Ye Funa addresses the theme of ‘word processors: writing, power, capital, and technology’. She hopes to prompt participants to think about the following: How do we experience more-than-verbal communication while sharing space with others?” - Librarian-in-Residence 2024
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Ye will be unfolding her thematic project ‘Get Low, Like Bumpkin Cannon’ (土炮之书) which delves into the realms of Lo-Fi (low fidelity) aesthetics and DIY culture in the Sinophone world, embracing a grassroots ethos that is grounded in the handmade and inexpensive embodiment of technology and the subsequent technologization of the body. Its practical attitude strives for authenticity, a direct connection between the object and its maker that is unmediated by the glossy industrialisation of subjectivity formation and identity consumption.
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Images: Ye Funa, ‘Journeying with the Smarts’, courtesy of the artist and Asymmetry Art Foundation.
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04/05/2024

solo exhibition “Order Out of Chaos” at Eli Klein Gallery is featured on , written by Aundréa Verdi, and interviewed by Edwin Harmon . Read the review via link in bio or the exhibition’s selected press section on our website.
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“At the heart of “Order out of “Chaos” is the “Invisible Man” transforming others to become “invisible.” This shift is encapsulated in his novel approach to sculpture, where the artist employs a 3D scanner in performances that are as much about sensing as concealing. The intentionally outdated scanner captures each subject as though they are glitching or struggling to download —a poignant commentary on the digital era’s inability to erase or conceal identity fully. This relinquishing of control to the machine results in a somewhat random composition and speaks volumes about our surrender to digital categorization and fragmentation.”
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“Order Out of Chaos” is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery.
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04/02/2024

Thank you all for joining us at ’s opening reception and dinner party.

03/27/2024

New York, NY, March 30, 2024 - Eli Klein Gallery is thrilled to present Order out of Chaos, ’s ninth solo show at the gallery. The exhibition will debut the artist’s much anticipated new sculpture series Chaos - marking an important evolution of the “invisible man” who now transforms others “invisible.” The exhibition will also present Liu’s recent photographs, continuing the development of his world-renowned Hiding in the City series. Running through May 25, 2024, this show is the artist’s response to the increasingly digitized society.
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Opening Reception with the Artist: Saturday, March 30 | 6-8 PM
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Image 1-2: Liu Bolin, Chaos No.6 - Little Girl, 2024. Painted hyper polylactic acid, 22 x 9 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches (56 x 25 x 30 cm).
Image 3-4: Liu Bolin, Chaos No.8 - Woman, 2024. Painted hyper polylactic acid, 22 x 8 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (56 x 22 x 22 cm).
Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Liu Bolin

03/15/2024

on with his performance at the Hoepli International Bookshop in Milan, Italy.
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02/29/2024

is a photographer, artist, and educator based in New York. As a q***r Chinese immigrant, they use care and tenderness to explore spaces between race, gender, and cultural identity. Their projects have been featured in publications like Aperture, Vogue, i-D, The New York Times, and NPR. They have participated in international exhibitions like BredaPhoto, Photoville, Jimei Arles, and Lianzhou Foto Festival.
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“Image-making is my love language. With a tender gaze, I seek to capture the essence of lives in transition, where beauty and intimacy flourish.”
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Image 1: Mengwen Cao, Eddy, 2021. Archival pigment print, 24 x 16 inches (61 x 41 cm).
Image 2: Mengwen Cao, Ten, 2016. Archival pigment print, 16 x 24 inches (41 x 61 cm).
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“(In)directions: Q***rness in Chinese Contemporary Photography” on view at Eli Klein Gallery till March 2nd.
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Images: Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Mengwen Cao
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02/28/2024

Society has relegated homosexuality to a taboo status, leading to the emergence of numerous metaphors. endeavors to expose the seemingly invisible connections between homosexuality and certain metaphors within his creations. Through his works, Chi Peng creates a private realm where the metaphor for “identity” is hidden. He subtly embeds hints, encouraging viewers to delve into discernible connections among q***r identities, ultimately interlacing these elements into an expansive, imperceptible network.
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Image 1: Chi Peng, Peach Pit, 2015. Mixed media, 9 7/8 x 12 1/4 x 3 1/8 inches (25 x 31 x 8 cm).
Images 2-4: Chi Peng, One Faces, 2015. Mixed media, 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (40 x 40 x 12 cm).
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“(In)directions: Q***rness in Chinese Contemporary Photography” is on view at Eli Klein Gallery till March 2.
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Images: Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Chi Peng
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02/27/2024

is a photographer currently working between Brooklyn and Memphis, Tennessee. With a humorous and poignant touch, Kha examines how we construct belonging and otherness through photography, inventing new models for self-portraiture with a critical eye toward the medium’s long history of absence and erasure. His work often returns to his family’s history.
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“Ultimately, photography is both a possession (a haunting?) and exorcism, rather than windows and mirrors. I chase ghosts. The act of picture-making is a modern-day ghost hunting—the photographer as hunter and gatherer. Consider photographers as time travelers. While photography may copy, like history, photograph echoes.”
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Image 1: Tommy Kha, Assembly I, Brooklyn, 2018. Pigment puzzle print, 17 x 13 5/8 inches (43 x 34 cm).
Image 2: Tommy Kha, Article I, 2022-2023. Dye sublimation on fleece, 52 1/2 x 69 1/2 inches (133 x 177 cm).
Image 3: Tommy Kha, Stops (III), Oneonta, NY, 2020. UV print on vinyl, 116 1/2 x 14 x 9 1/2 inches (42 x 36 x 24 cm).
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“(In)directions: Q***rness in Chinese Contemporary Photography” is on view at Eli Klein Gallery till March 2, 2024.
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Images: Courtesy of the artist, Higher Pictures and Eli Klein Gallery © Tommy Kha
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02/20/2024

Liu Bolin’s collaboration with on a charitable art project benefiting the Robert-Debré Hospital is current on action at .
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This unique initiative, titled l’Arbre de vie (The Tree of Life), co-created with young patients receiving treatment at the Robert-Debré Hospital, incorporates a dozen of their drawings, symbolizing resilience, hope, and the interconnectedness of life. L’Arbre de vie will be auctioned as part of the Contemporary Discoveries sale at Sotheby’s Paris, from 12 – 20 February 2024. All proceeds will support research into sickle cell disease and enhance the daily lives of children at the hospital.
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Through this project, Bolin continues to explore the themes of visibility, identity, and the human condition, while making a tangible impact on the community.
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The auction ends soon today. Place a bid on Sotheby’s website.
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02/17/2024

’s installation “Ye Funa: TRANSFORM.ME 易装 · 癖” is included in the exhibition “Lunar New Year”, which opened on Feb 10 at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in Haymarket, Sydney, curated by Thea-Mai Baumann. The exhibition will run through March 31, 2024.
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The installation presents a transformative and audience-participatory experience, seamlessly turning the gallery into a cyber grunge salon. It pays tribute to China’s SMART (Sha-ma-te) subculture, highlighting its journey from rural provinces to vibrant urban youth culture.
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Ye Funa seeks to blur the lines between commercial display and art exhibition, creating a space that encourages reflection. This dynamic space serves as a mirror for the rebirth and regeneration inherent in the online self-expression of populist street culture.
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Image: Ye Funa, The Smart Gallery 杀马特发廊 (installation view), 2021. Courtesy of the artist and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art © Ye Funa.
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02/14/2024

.dai is a photographer based in New York City. Dai focuses on using photography to explore the intersection of q***r and Asian-American identities.
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Dai has worked on a project (Offered Tenderness), advised by photographer Danna Singer, where he travelled across the U.S. from Butte, Montana (where early Chinese railroad workers migrated) to Hartford, Connecticut (where author Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous takes place), seeking remnants of his q***r Asian identity in the country. The notion of migration in many Asian-American lives and the transformation many q***r folk go through continues to be topical in his work today.
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“Like dancers, none of us gets over that figure we see in the practice mirror: ourselves. Choosing your twin gives you that reflection forever—or as long as it lasts. Perhaps SL will leave me for one reason or another, but he will never go away: I see myself in him and he in me.” – Hilton Als, White Girls
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Image 1: Alec Dai, Pot Fi***ng, 2021, Archival pigment print, 30 x 20 inches (76 x 51 cm)
Image 2: Alec Dai, My Jet Black Hair, 2021, Archival pigment print, 30 x 20 inches (76 x 51 cm)
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”(In)directions: Q***rness in Chinese Contemporary Photography“ is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery
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Images: Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Alec Dai
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02/13/2024

In Q***ropometry, .chow challenges traditional gender norms by exploring the body as a site of performance. The performance references Yves Klein’s Anthropometries, which had positioned n**e women as paintbrushes. In response, Chow subverts the identity of the paintbrush by choosing to use a Stretch Armstrong, a toy which represents a masculine straight white male. By shifting the identity of the paintbrush and the painter, Chow stages a rebellious q***r confrontation of established conventions of race, sexuality and gender in art history.
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Whiskey Chow is a London-based artist, activist and Chinese dragking. Her practice engages with a range of political topics: from q***r masculinity, problematising the nation-state across geographic boundaries, to stereotypical projections of Chinese/Asian identity. Her work is interdisciplinary, combining performance, moving image, experimental sound, installation, and performative printmaking.
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Image 1-7: Whiskey Chow, Q***ropometry, 2022-2023. UV print on aluminum, 12 × 18 in (30.5 × 45.7 cm).
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“(In)directions: Q***rness in Chinese Contemporary Photography” is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery
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Images by Jon Archdeacon
Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Whiskey Chow
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02/09/2024

We wish you a happy Lunar New Year!
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Image: Ye Funa, My Hand Through Your Screen, 2022. Mixed media collage on fabric mounted on board, 51 1/2 x 35 7/8 inches (131 x 91 cm).

02/08/2024

‘s photography attempts to alter the society’s perception of nudity and media by offering a fresh perspective. She is best known for her series Experimental Relationship, which depicts her with her younger Japanese partner, Moro. This elaborate photography challenges traditional gender norms in the context of media and sexual expression.
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Liao’s works have been exhibited at internationally renowned institutions such as Fotografiska, Rencontres d’Arles in Arles, Asia Society, the National Gallery of Australia, etc.
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She is a recipient of the NYFA Fellowship in photography, Santo Foundation Individual Artist Awards, Madame Figaro Women Photographers Award, En Foco‘s New Works Fellowship, etc. She has done artist residencies at Light Work, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Center for Photography at Woodstock, University of Arts London, School of Visual Arts, Pioneer Works, and Camera Club of New York.
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Image 1: Pixy Liao, Breast Ass, 2019. Digital C-print. 20 x 15 inches (51 x 38 cm).
Image 2: Pixy Liao, Long Sausage, 2016. Digital C-print. 20 x 15 inches (51 x 38 cm).
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“(In)directions: Q***rness in Chinese Contemporary Photography” is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery
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Images: courtesy of the artist, Eli Klein Gallery, and Chambers Fine Art © Pixy Liao
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02/07/2024

Starting with images, creative practice extends to various media, including photography, video, installation, and more. His works typically explore themes such as urban life, minority groups, and living spaces, and question the relationships between the real and the virtual, as well as between subject and object. Recently, his work has focused on q***rness, the body, identity, and language. His long-term research interest centers around the possibility of creating new visual narratives that combine traditional methods with cutting-edge technologies such as machine learning.
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Image 1: Liao Jiaming, The One [hongkong, 0000000-3876000], 2023. Inkjet print on laminated paper, 3 3/8 x 2 1/2 inches (9 x 6 cm), Edition of 30.
Image 2: Liao Jiaming, Bright Nights, Wet Dreams, 2023. Photobook.
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“(In)directions: Q***rness in Chinese Contemporary Photography” is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery
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Images: Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Liao Jiaming
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01/30/2024

Featuring , “ICP at 50: From the Collection, 1845–2019” is a photography exhibition curated by Elisabeth Sherman, Sara Ickow, and Haley Kane. It is currently on view at the International Center of Photography in New York and will run through May 06, 2024.
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The exhibition, inaugurating the 50th anniversary year of ICP, thematically explores a variety of photographic processes that have shaped the medium’s history. It encompasses works ranging from the 19th century to contemporary times, showcasing photographs by renowned artists from ICP’s extensive collection.
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Image: Zhang Dali, Demolition: World Financial Center, Beijing (installation view), 1998. Photo-Chromogenic, 89 x 60 cm.
Courtesy of the artist and the International Center of Photography (ICP) © Zhang Dali.
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01/27/2024

Shen Shaomin solo exhibition “A Herd of Zebra Crossing the Road”, curated by Feng Boyi, is currently on view at the Art Museum of Guangming Culture and Art Center in Shenzhen, China. The exhibition will run through March 10, 2024.
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This exhibition brings together 10 installation works by . It presents the artist’s years of creation from five dimensions: time, interaction, classics, fables, and mirrors, and highlights the artist’s skill in navigating various artistic mediums and boundaries within a new context.
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Image 1: Shen Shaomin, Chinese Carp (installation view), 2023. Silicone, drive motor, electronic breathing system, metal packaging box, 205 m².
Image 2: Shen Shaomin, Me and Myself (installation view), 2023. Sand, stainless steel chair, mirror acrylic, 900 x 500 cm.
Image 3: Shen Shaomin, Sound Installation: Between Instancy, 2023. Alarm clock, drive motor, 400 x 1000 cm.
Courtesy of the artist and Art Museum of Guangming Culture and Art Center © Shen Shaomin.
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01/26/2024

is a visual artist currently based in Boston, MA. Their practice explores the social, political, cultural, and sexual relationships among the institution, the body, and modes of embodiment. Working primarily with photography, text, and installation, their work negotiates and creates narratives where image-making as a form of history-making invites alternative, autonomous modes of identity construction, and metabolizing bodies that are often overlooked, eroticized, or politicized.
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Image 1: Zhang Zhidong, Lumination, 2022. Archival pigment print. Image: 28 x 35 inches (71 x 89 cm).
Image 2: Zhang Zhidong, Reflection (II), 2023. Archival pigment print. Image: 32 x 40 inches (81 x 102 cm).
Image 3: Zhang Zhidong, Object Lesson (II), 2023. Archival pigment print. Image: 40 x 50 inches (102 x 127 cm).
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“(In)directions: Q***rness in Chinese Contemporary Photography” is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery
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Images: Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Zhang Zhidong
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01/25/2024

“(In)directions: Q***rness in Chinese Contemporary Photography” is reviewed by AX Mina on . Read “Chinese Artists Reimagine Q***r Photography” via link in bio or the exhibition’s selected press section on our website.
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“The body, the site of so much exploration, trauma, and joy in q***r identity, appears frequently.”
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“Throughout the show, q***r identity is questioned more than defined, and these works in particular made me think about the identities we can and cannot adopt and tears we can and cannot shed. If straightness implies direction, q***rness suggests anything but.”
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Curated by .z.cai and .sugarbaker, “(In)directions: Q***rness in Chinese Contemporary Photography” is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery.
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01/22/2024

“(In)directions: Q***rness in Chinese Contemporary Art” is reviewed by Hannah Zhang on the AMP. Read “Q***r Chinese Diasporic Photographers Subverting Definition” via link in bio or the exhibition’s selected press section on our website.
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“When interrogating the photographic medium itself, photographers are often expected to operate within the scope of documentary versus conceptual frameworks. But these antiquated categories are constantly q***red in practice. Just like the relationship between nonfiction and myth, the two are mutually dependent on each other’s presence. These liminal spaces rely consequently on one’s ability to throw things off balance and rediscover characters of the past (or of a different reality altogether) engaging in foreplay with the future.”
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“Performing the simple, yet exceedingly difficult tasks of prioritizing intuition over definition, becoming over being, and abundance over finitude in both their work and in their bodies, the artists prove that the act of living is often itself the most radical form of resistance.”
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Curated by .z.cai and .sugarbaker, “(In)directions: Q***rness in Chinese Contemporary Art” is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery.
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01/10/2024

is a Chinese-born American artist based in New York City. He is known for his intimate portraits of others and himself, as well as his poetic landscapes and still-life photography.
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“I spent my childhood in a lush tropical garden where figs, grape vines, giant banana leaves, and persimmon trees coiled together within the confines of a bamboo-fenced urban jungle. But eventually, the garden succumbed to progress as a new house took its place. In my youthful naiveté, I couldn’t grasp the significance of that little Eden amidst the bustling Shanghai.” - Shen Wei
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“Shen Wei’s self-portrait Daisies is a sublime statement on being and becoming. In it, he is lying down in a bed of white daisies, the stems of the flowers curving to his weight. A kind of reverse Ophelia, Wei’s Daisies figures him as if he were born of the earth, beautiful and innocent, untouched by the corporeality of time or myopia of thought. The image is arrestingly still, not only in movement but in temporality and ontology as well. As the tall daisies cradle Wei’s cherubic, sleeping body, he becomes ageless; as his body is borne naturally and seamlessly by them, his q***rness becomes of itself, begotten outside of time, eternal and intrinsic. In doing so, the image motivates a reconsideration of how one thinks of the relationship between being and body. The first time I saw this image, I became undone. Daisies is a triumph of q***r imagination.” - Michael Galati, Musée Magazine
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Image: Shen Wei, Daisies, 2022. Chromogenic print. 30 x 45 inches (76 x 114 cm).
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“(In)directions: Q***rness in Chinese Contemporary Photography” is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery
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Images: Courtesy of the artist, Eli Klein Gallery, and Flowers Gallery © Shen Wei
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01/04/2024

Exploring family archives, self-portraits, and still life photography, ’s first photography project, Soliloquy, interweaves and oscillates between his personal past and present. By remapping q***rness, diaspora, and family within new spatial-temporal relationships, the series aims to unveil identity as a fragmented experience that continually transforms. In particular, Soliloquy sheds light on identities desired, disrupted, and dismissed to consider the dilemmas of belonging and becoming.
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Inspired by a range of film auteurs from Yasujiro Ozu, Ang Lee, and Edward Yang to more recent filmmakers like Maggie Lee, Soliloquy tries to address the so-called “Confucian Confusion” and untangle why many try so relentlessly to fit into the paradigm and look to become the perfect archetype of family within the East Asian culture. Within this context, for Zou, the truer, q***rer self must be suppressed, and therefore, the notion of the “desired” becomes unstable. Such uncertainty of identity experience is further reinforced by the q***r diasporic experience, which constantly fluctuates and only comes into significance when fluctuating.
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As a result, Soliloquy employs a circuitous syntax that repeatedly poses and proposes the unseen relationships between photographs taken at different times and of different subjects. Carefully edited and displayed, Soliloquy not only questions what would happen if we stopped thinking of ourselves in terms of identity categories and roles but also envisions alternative narratives that can otherwise come into existence.
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Image 1: William Zou, Papaya, 2022, Giclee print on hahnemuhle photo rag baryta, 9 5/8 x 11 inches (25 x 28 cm)
Image 2: William Zou, Untitled (Erasure), 2022, Giclee print on hahnemuhle photo rag baryta, 9 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches (25 x 21 cm)
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“(In)directions: Q***rness in Chinese Contemporary Photography” is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery
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Images: Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © William Zou
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01/03/2024

“These two images were made eight years apart. Illumination (2014) from my project, One Land To Another, was one of my first few images made in the US. It was created to confront my internalized homophobia as well as how violently society treats marginalized people. Through staging and performing my death, I was able to be reborn.
After living in the ”land of the free“ for six years, I started the ongoing project, Resident Aliens. It sets photographic installations within immigrants’ interior spaces to examine their personal histories and complex experiences. The project blurs the boundaries between familiarity and foreignness, privacy and publicity, belonging and alienation by photographing the layered images of immigrants‘ interior spaces, belongings, personal photo archives, and pictures of places they captured in this world. These convergences of spaces and times invite the viewers to enter spaces of fluidity rather than holding fixed perspectives. They mobilize the viewers’ gaze, imagination, and care, defying strict definitions.”
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Image 1: Xu Guanyu, SL-06172015-02112022, 2022. Archival pigment print, 40 x 50 inches (102 x 127 cm).
Image 2: Xu Guanyu, Illumination, 2014. Archival pigment print, 24 x 30 inches (61 x 76 cm).
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“(In)directions: Q***rness in Chinese Contemporary Photography” is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery
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Images: courtesy of the artist, Eli Klein Gallery, and Yancey Richardson Gallery © Xu Guanyu
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12/22/2023

We wish you a happy holiday season!

Eli Klein Gallery will close at 5:00pm on Saturday, December 23, 2023.
We will reopen with our regular gallery hours on Tuesday, January 2, 2024.

Image: Ye Funa, Southern Asian Sentiments, 2022. Mixed media collage on fabric mounted on board. 38 1/4 x 56 3/4 inches (97 x 144 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Eli Klein Gallery © Ye Funa

12/20/2023

’s works are included in the exhibition “Tip Off” at .art at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The exhibition is currently on view and will run through February 2, 2024.
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“Tip Off” showcases the diverse works of the eight participating artists, discusses the role of paper media, and exposes and denounces the issue of censorship: a lack of freedom of speech and regulation under the authoritarian regime.

The way “tip-offs” are gotten for newspapers, magazines, and books: state-sponsored paper media, religious paper media culture, paper media under (authoritarian) leadership, paper media under the traditional Chinese autocracy, textbooks for youth brainwashing and for improving college acceptance rates, and paper media of entertainment and tabloid press.
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Images: courtesy of the artist, Eli Klein Gallery, and Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery © Li Hongbo.
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12/19/2023

Our current exhibition “(In)directions: Q***rness in Chinese Contemporary Photography” is reviewed by Michael Galati on . Read “(IN)DIRECTIONS: QUEERNESS IN CHINESE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY” via link in bio or the exhibition’s selected press section on our website.
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“(In)directions is a phenomenological observation of the creative possibilities of gender, sexuality, temporality, and photography. It considers what is pictured and what is not and lives in that undefined space. It asks us to discard monolithic thinking and to hold the contradictions, excesses and emptiness, and gaps in understanding together at the same time without forcing them into a certain logic. It sees the present as both ephemeral and as the vector of history, but most importantly, as an opportunity to create. (In)directions moves us to go forward and (re)discover.”
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Curated by .z.cai and .sugarbaker, “(In)directions: Q***rness in Chinese Contemporary Photography” is currently on view at Eli Klein Gallery.
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New York News 12 coverage of the exhibition at Eli Klein Gallery, curated by stephanie mei huang, in memory of our former Associate Director, Christina Yuna Lee. _ “with her voice, penetrate earth’s floor” is on view through June 5th at Eli Klein Gallery. #Stopasianhate #aapiheritagemonth

Spectrum News NY1 coverage of the exhibition at Eli Klein Gallery, curated by stephanie mei huang, in memory of our former Associate Director, Christina Yuna Lee. _ “with her voice, penetrate earth’s floor” is on view through June 5th at Eli Klein Gallery. #stopasianhate

ABC Eyewitness News coverage of the exhibition at Eli Klein Gallery, curated by stephanie mei huang, in memory of our former Associate Director, Christina Yuna Lee. Christina was stalked and killed in NYC’s Chinatown. This show aims to honor her legacy, raise money for her Memorial Fund and #StopAsianHate

Timelapse of "Irons for the Ages, Flowers for the Day"

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Eli Klein Gallery has an international reputation as one of the foremost galleries specializing in contemporary Chinese art and continues to advance the careers of its represented artists and hundreds of other Chinese artists with whom it has collaborated. The Gallery has been instrumental in the loan of artwork by Chinese artists to over 100 museum exhibitions throughout the world, has published 40 books/catalogues, and has organized more than 75 exhibitions for Chinese art at our prestigious venues in New York City. Our artists have been featured in the The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Art Forum, Newsweek, ARTnews and have been on CNN and countless other international broadcasts, publications and online critical reviews.

Located at 398 West Street (between Charles and W 10th) in the trendiest part of the West Village, just blocks from the new Whitney Museum and the commencement point for the High Line. In a historic, landmarked Federal-style row house enjoying special cultural and aesthetic value to the City of New York, Eli Klein Gallery occupies 3 levels of the building, boasting 13-foot ceilings on the ground floor.

The Gallery was founded by Eli Klein in 2007. During these formative years, it established a reputation for introducing to the West fresh, contemporary, and often challenging works by rising Chinese talents. Now, as the leading dealer of Chinese contemporary art outside of China, Eli Klein actively promotes cross-cultural awareness and investment at the highest level amongst some of the world’s most influential nations.