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"366 Yunnan Nan Lu" (云南南路366号)

Hungry for something succulent and packed with flavor? Allow me to suggest the exquisite and iconic Jinling Salted Duck (盐水鸭). The earliest records of the dish date back over a thousand years ago to the Six Dynasties (AD 222-589). A keystone of Jinling cuisine, the tender white duck meat is fragrant and moist, with taut skin. The savory dish has been popular with many throughout the years, especially the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty: Zhu Yuanzhang. Legend says there was a dispute over a loud noise in the city, so the emperor issued a decree to kill all the roosters in the land. The people of Nanjing (formerly known as Jinling), had no chickens to eat, so the answer was simple... Ducks! This gave rise to the prominence of duck dishes, salted duck being one of the most exceptional. If you ever find yourself craving it, head to Yunnan Nan Lu food street. You’ll also find boiled chicken, spareribs with rice cakes, Nanxiang steamed bread, and Shandong dumplings. Although personally we recommend the unique salted duck. Let’s keep it between us!

51*51cm

TFT display, acrylic painting, media player, Vietnamese linen, teakwood frame

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Hungry for something succulent and packed with flavor? Allow me to suggest the exquisite and iconic Jinling Salted Duck (盐水鸭). The earliest

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"Fermi for the Fighter" (为了战斗者)

Enrico Fermi famously suggested in what is now known as “The Fermi Paradox” that we really should’ve been visited by extraterrestrials by now. The general idea of it is this: where the hell is everybody? There’s so much out there and everything is so old that probability would suggest a visit or two ought have graced up. Well maybe, maybe not. There are three logical explanations (aside from the obvious ones that they already have visited, or that aliens don’t exist, and never have). The first is that they accidentally blew themselves up while learning to make weapons. Any advanced civilization will, at some point, figure out how to split an atom. Where and why they decide to split one though is totally up to them. The second is that their civilization already ran its course and eventually died off long before we were around to notice. Maybe they ruled the universe for millions of years...three billion years ago. The third option... they see us, they’ve been watching us, and it is only a matter of time before they strike. Let’s hope it’s not the third.

46*65cm

RGB LED display, acrylic painting, Vietnamese linen, teakwood

Art for sale : [email protected]

Enrico Fermi famously suggested in what is now known as “The Fermi Paradox” that we really should’ve been visited by extraterrestrials by no

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"Kingdom of Dust" (粉尘王国)

Everybody claims that they wanna move on. That they can’t wait until the day comes when they can leave rubber on the pavement and spit that that’s all they’re leaving behind in their dusty hometowns. No, I’ve never seen this land in my rearview mirror and I ain’t planning on seeing it from the other side until kingdom come. See, I’m the ruler of this little zip code and if you can think of one good reason I should give that up, then I’ll be breaking your jaw for having the gall to even think such blasphemous thoughts. Nobody plans to be this way. Nobody lulls themselves to sleep with dreams of stills winding up wooded hills and knuckles crusted over from the cold. It happens to you, maybe. You fight for it, maybe. In any case, it’s me and I’m here and this is just the way it’s gotta be.

65*46cm

RGB LED display, acrylic painting, Vietnamese linen, teakwood

Art for sale : [email protected]

Everybody claims that they wanna move on. That they can’t wait until the day comes when they can leave rubber on the pavement and spit that

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"Sunny Day, Sudden Rain" (晴天, 骤雨)

Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky. - Hāfiz

How long must you stare at the heavens before you start asking why the sky is blue during the day but red at sunset? In fact, this is the most common scientific question asked by children, “Why is the sky blue?”. The curious Irishman John Tyndall, a physicist from the 19th century is known for decoding the enigma of the blue sky... well partly. You see in the 1860s Tyndall started experimenting with light by shining beams through various gases and liquids. He soon realized that the varying color of the sky was the result of sunlight scattering around particles in the atmosphere. However, in 1910 Einstein settled the case by looking into the scattering of light by individual molecules. As it turns out blue light is scattered more than red light. So, in the end it seems the answer is not as simple as we had hoped for but maybe we never really needed an answer to begin with. Next time you look out the window, regardless of rain or shine, keep in mind that’s probably not the whole story. In Shanghai it’s always wise to carry an umbrella anyways, don’t believe me? Why don’t you step forward and see for yourself?

46*65cm

RGB LED display, Chinese papercut, paper collage, IR sensor, teakwood

Art for sale : [email protected]

Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky. -

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"Sanlunche" (三轮车)

As the Chengyu suggests, “a fur coat can be made of scraps” (集腋成裘). A man steering a sanlunche (tricycle) sees everything while constantly acclimatising to new surroundings. But don’t expect any deep and meaningful words from him. His wheels keep on turning. What about you? Would you rather see change approaching slowly in the distance or have a head-on collision with it in the moment? Maybe it doesn’t matter, we all read the signs differently. A simple fact of life is that change is inevitable and it continues to happen at a rapid rate in Shanghai. The city’s physical appearance is ever-evolving with an endless amount of buildings being erected to accommodate growth. But it’s not like that would impress William Shakespeare or anything. “No! Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change,” wrote the poet in 1609. “Thy pyramids built up with newer might. To me are nothing novel, nothing strange; They are but dressings of a former sight.” He’d have hated the Chinese character Chai (拆), meaning to demolish, then. When it gets painted on houses and tower blocks in the country today it means the buildings’ days are numbered. People have protested against these land seizures but for most, the generous payoff that comes with such an order far outweighs sentimental value. Old hats might say unsettling demolition jobs symbolise an erosion of cultural heritage and that new paths are being laid at the expense of the past. Suzhou creek riverbank has seen its fair share of change over the years. If the sanlunche could talk, it would tell a thousand stories. But take it with a pinch of salt, as it’s probably just a load of old rubbish.

51.3*51.3cm

TFT displays, CCD cameras, acrylic painting, teakwood

Art for sale : [email protected]

As the Chengyu suggests, “a fur coat can be made of scraps” (集腋成裘). A man steering a sanlunche (tricycle) sees everything while constantly a

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"Ping Ping An An" (平平安安)

“Architecture should speak of its time and place but yearn for timelessness.” – Frank Gehry

The Queen of the Orient, Paris of the East, The City of Shen (申城), our dear Shanghai goes by many eclectic names. No matter what you call it, the city on the sea attracts a certain type of energy that has the power to move you deeply. No matter where you come from, this is home. Here you’re safe and sound from whatever you were running from. Now it’s just living. And it’s easy in a scene where old meets new at every corner. Hungarian-Slovak architect László Hudec, commonly known as Shanghai’s master builder, designed over 60 buildings in the thirty years he lived here. His creativity resulted in many of the art deco architecture that still stands to this day. Hudec’s masterpiece was the tallest building in the metropolis, until the 1980s, the twenty-two story Park Hotel Shanghai on Nanjing Road. A walk down the bund might as well be a walk through time. Western-style buildings, Neoclassical to Beaux-Arts to Gothic to Baroque, sky high edifices, traditional Shikumen lane houses, It's all here. All you could ever ask for just a few blocks near Bao Ren Long (保仁弄). Although some say the street is already removed, the feelings evoked when walking past remain.

99.5*75.5

Gongbi painting on watercolor paper, teakwood frame

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"Old Friend Charlie" (老朋友查利)

Everybody carries what they fear the most. It’s like a heavy box in a box that you put in your backpack and take wherever you go. It becomes part of you. It’s there, when you go down to the beach, under the sunscreen and the towel. You might go to Asia, but leave your laptop at home, because your luggage is full and who would pay extra to carry fear? It’s easier to ignore its existence and accept to live in a reduced space. After all, that little fear has always dwelled in that box like a cymbal-banging chimp, flashing his teeth and popping his eyes out. You packed it away and put it under the memories you cherish, so you’ll never have to see his face again, but you hear every sound it makes and when they ask why you tremble, you just say, ah never mind… I just remembered my old friend, Charlie.

24*71cm

TFT display, media player, antique clock, powered speakers

Art for sale : [email protected]

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Shanghai wakes up suddenly from its peaceful slumber. The familiar summer heat spreads throughout the city as the sun rises like a theatrical spotlight exclaiming a new day is about to begin. The view outside my window quickly becomes overwhelming as the art deco stylized forms intertwine with electrical wires above. A construction worker and his lunch, ride a Hellobike to work. A mother with two young girls speeds by on the way to Tianmu West Lu School (天目西路幼儿园). A pair of real estate agents have already started working at the office. While one of the neighbors seems to be in the market for a new Oppo phone. I heard those are great for selfies. I’m fascinated by stories that unravel in close proximity. The ways in which neighbors interact or pass each other by...Becomes the ultimate crossover of intimacy and distance. It’s the organized nature of compact Shikumen. An old lady takes a seat by her front door. It’s wide open. She likes to watch what happens on 81 Qingdao Lu as she knits for her grandkids. They like the color blue. Yves Klein’s blue. I believe the upstairs neighbor likes the color red by her display of intimate garments drying on the clothesline for everyone to enjoy. Have you ever thought about your neighbors witnessing much of your everyday life? They may have access to the surface, but only you know what lies behind closed curtains. In a way, it’s a delicate balance of courtesy. I shut my blinds and drift off to sleep for a few more minutes. The day can wait.

51*51cm

TFT display, acrylic painting, media player, teakwood frame

Art for sale : [email protected]