Almine Rech Gallery
Current and Past Events
ZigZag Paintings
Almine Rech Gallery 2/F, 27 Huqiu Road, HuangpuWHO Chris Succo WHAT The presentation is a collection of paintings by the German artist, who is best known for his abstract works that resemble drawing, writing or calligraphy, and which convey movements of dance. The thick impasto zig-zag strokes are repetitive and trance-like, evoking musical notes that echo and reverberate. WHY The presentation is…
I am a Poet
Almine Rech Gallery 2/F, 27 Huqiu Road, HuangpuWHAT The exhibition is the 6th solo exhibition of the late American artist (1936-2019) with the gallery. In the 1960s, he sought to spread poetry and renew it as a genre. He printed stanzas in newspaper font on flyers, T-shirts, and other everyday objects. He later began to experiment with screen printing on canvas, which…
Erik Lindman
Almine Rech Gallery 2/F, 27 Huqiu Road, HuangpuWHAT The American artist’s eighth solo exhibition with the gallery is a showcase of his mastery over textured materials, from found sheet metal and plywood to fabrics and glass beads. Be they streaks of colour, pieces of fabric, a rubbing of a fish scale, patterned ribbons, or stucco, he skillfully manipulates the materials so that…
Absence of Gravity
Almine Rech Gallery 2/F, 27 Huqiu Road, HuangpuWHAT The American artist’s second solo exhibition at the gallery is an examination of what it means for Black men to escape the boundaries of stereotypes in order to become their freest selves. The works create an open space for growth by showcasing pieces inspired by African folklore that depict men's mental health. He also…
Recompositions: Night Revels
Almine Rech Gallery 2/F, 27 Huqiu Road, HuangpuWHAT The artist’s first solo exhibition at the gallery involves a central piece that consists of blue and white porcelain vessels hanging from the ceiling, containing microphones that amplify each vessel’s unique sound. As visitors walk by, their movements activate motion sensors which trigger the sounds, creating an immersive experience. The sound itself evolves every…
Too Fat to Fly
Almine Rech Gallery 2/F, 27 Huqiu Road, HuangpuWHAT This is the German artist’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, featuring new canvas paintings and works on paper. The paintings are energetic yet calm, and exude confidence while retaining ambiguity; abstraction and figuration play off each other. The Berlin artist's aesthetic is unmistakably her own, setting a new standard in the styles of…
KaLife aka …
Almine Rech Gallery 2/F, 27 Huqiu Road, HuangpuWHAT The South Africa-based Zimbabwean artist sees art as a means of communication and connection, using his work to explore social issues in Zimbabwe and Africa. In this exhibition, he presents a new collection of collage works featuring large collages with multiple figures suspended in motion. The artist primarily uses his signature medium of illustration…
In the Land of Silhouettes
Almine Rech Gallery 2/F, 27 Huqiu Road, HuangpuWHAT For his first solo presentation in China, the New York-born artist presents a new series of works in his unique hybrid style, which fuses aspects of gestural abstraction and graffiti writing into dynamic and surreal narratives. His style draws inspiration from his experience as a multi-ethnic American growing up in both the US and…
Tipsy
Almine Rech Gallery 2/F, 27 Huqiu Road, HuangpuWHAT The New York-based artist works with a vibrant palette and industrial materials to produce abstract wall reliefs that oscillate between and borrow from the two artistic languages. The exhibition is a continuation of the artist’s signature style, unveiling the sense of imbalance in these three-dimensional paintings, which often reference his Texan upbringing. WHY Finding…
Day Is Night
Almine Rech Gallery 2/F, 27 Huqiu Road, HuangpuWHAT Based in New York, the artist's early interest in the creative risks of experimentation and the delicate balance between control and lack of it, is pivotal to his choices of alternative approaches to painting. The exhibition features his new series of figurative colour field paintings, harnessing the tension between unpredictability and mastership with fluid…
Quieto, Quietud, Quietudes
Almine Rech Gallery 2/F, 27 Huqiu Road, HuangpuWHAT Spanish-born and based in Puerto-Rico, Lerma is a multi-media artist focused primarily on portraiture. In his first solo exhibition in China, Lerma presents a series of new paintings with a unique artistic process: loading copious amounts of paint onto a canvas but using only three to ten brushstrokes per piece to depicts static portraits…
Outline
Almine Rech Gallery 2/F, 27 Huqiu Road, HuangpuWHAT Based in Hangzhou and Shanghai, Li’s artwork has covered a number of themes throughout his career. From historical fragmentation to ideological conflicts, much of his focus is on the dissemination of information. In this second solo exhibition with the gallery, Li presents a number of works, both paintings and other physical forms, that play…
Huang Yuxing Solo Exhibition
Almine Rech Gallery 2/F, 27 Huqiu Road, HuangpuWHAT This is the second solo exhibition of Beijing-born artist (b. 1975) with the gallery, running simultaneously with the New York gallery and featuring some of the artist's latest drawings. Widely recognised among his generation for his dexterous ability to create paintings that reflect and preserve the process of their creation, the colours, brushstrokes, and…
Visages Paysages
Almine Rech Gallery 2/F, 27 Huqiu Road, HuangpuWHAT From growing up in the Caribbean raised by a Guadalupian mother to studying in Paris and living in Morocco, the artist has not only had a diverse upbringing, but also an expansive amount of experience to draw from. In his first solo exhibition in China and his fifth with the gallery, he focuses on…
Tabula Rasa (14 Times)
Almine Rech Gallery 2/F, 27 Huqiu Road, HuangpuWHAT The exhibition is the American conceptual artist’s third solo exhibition with the gallery. It features 14 neon works of appropriated text, made up of 8 colours titled ‘Nineteen eighty-four (Orwell)’. The main idea the artist is trying to convey in the exhibition is ‘Any message?’, referring to the dystopian themes within the iconic 1948…
This is Your Lucky Day
Almine Rech Gallery 2/F, 27 Huqiu Road, HuangpuWHAT As part of a two-part series, Javier Calleja showcases his works in congruence with Joseph Kosuth in his newest exhibition at the gallery. Malagan-born and of Spanish heritage, the artist has been known throughout his career to portray a variety of emblematic personalities, who have evolved from experimental drawings and non-traditional mediums. His characters…
Offset Sunset
Almine Rech Gallery 2/F, 27 Huqiu Road, HuangpuWHAT A master of the art of synthesis, this is Italian artist, Gioele Amaro’s first solo show at the gallery. He combines, transforms, and blurs the boundaries to construct a dialogue between traditional mediums (painting, photography, drawing) and new technologies. His work is digitally painted, then printed on canvas. After reworking each canvas, he then…
