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Art Basel Hong Kong 2021: Unlimited

Past exhibition
19 - 23 May 2021
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Art Basel Hong Kong 2021, Unlimited

Ora-Ora is pleased to present Unlimited, a group exhibition by contemporary artists Mai Miyake, Zhang Yanzi, Huang Dan, Peng Jian, Xiao Xu and Juri Markkula. The exhibition, on view at Booth 1D21 at Art Basel Hong Kong from 19 May to 23 May accents the power and value of now, and rejects the siren allure of past and future.  

 

Recent events globally have separated families and forced a planet into more solitude, reflection and isolation than would have seemed imaginable. A time of accepting new realities, limitations and constraints is now gradually giving way to one of increased freedom, joys and possibilities. This is the global moment of now-ness, and of the unlimited.  

 

In so doing, we sing in unison with our ancestors: 來世不可待,往世不可追也 (“Don't chase the past. Don't chase the future either”). The words of Warring States philosopher Zhuangzi in his Ren Jian Shi came amid strife, conflict and starvation. The urgent message of life's precariousness and fragility served both as a chilling necessity and a practically applicable philosophy. Elsewhere in his writings, Zhuangzi was to advocate spontaneity, and a willingness to escape the confines of societal norms, pre-assigned roles and pre-determined values. In so doing, a distance and perspective is achieved, which reveals deeper, more universal meanings. What could be more current than a personal quest for self-fulfilment, understanding and joy in the midst of division, uncertainty and doubt?  

 

In 2021, our artists will clear their minds of the enemies of hope/fear and memory/regret, creating art which fights for the now, redolent of the spontaneous joy and positivity of living in the moment. Being here now is no kind of easy ride – visitors to Ora-Ora will be called upon to be present, to sidestep the twin temporal poles which are the dominant reference and orientation points of our lives. A gentle setting aside of remorse and a calming release from dread premonitions is only a precursor to the rigours and demands of forming a solid now. What happens to a visitor whose mind is a tabula rasa, shorn of the stultifying limitations and imagined obstacles of the previous self? What new possibilities will be unlocked?

 
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