NI Youyu

SO NEAR YET SO FAR

solo show

May 24, 2018 - July 14, 2018

hong kong

50 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, 17TH FLOOR - HONG KONG

artist info

153 people attended the opening.
1 752 people attended the exhibition.
The exhibition was open for 43 days.
Daily average 41 visitors per day including opening, 38 per day excluding opening.

Perrotin is pleased to present “So Near Yet So Far”, the first solo exhibition of the Chinese artist NI Youyu in Hong Kong. Showcasing 12 pieces, the exhibition gives a comprehensive view of the artist’s diverse creations. Ni Youyu’s practice does not apply demarcation to antiquity and modernity, nor does it concern itself with the task of reinventing paradigms – so the artist says. This principle is grounded in Ni’s studies at the Fine Arts College of Shanghai University, where he specialized in Chinese paintings. Whilst the genre emphasizes engagement with – or even resuscitation of – antiquity, Ni’s works are pivoted on the ways we can access the space between all temporalities and material objects as a repository of universal cognizance.