Rossi & Rossi
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Rossi & Rossi 11/F M Place, 54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, AberdeenWHAT This exhibition presents the intriguing work of the young Hong Kong artist, in his second solo show at the gallery. Comprising new paintings from four distinct oil series, he continues his exploration into the essence of emptiness and the void, emphasising the manipulation of light and space. The paintings often depict spaces illuminated by…
Petits Rats
Rossi & Rossi 11/F M Place, 54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, AberdeenWHAT WHAT In her second solo exhibition, the Italian artist (b. 1968) showcases her photographs of Edgar Degas’s works presented in the 2020 exhibition ‘Degas’ at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP). Degas was largely inspired by ‘les petits rats,’ which were the ballerinas-in-training at the Paris Opera Ballet company. In the ‘Degas’…
Shubigi Rao: A Survey
Rossi & Rossi 11/F M Place, 54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, AberdeenWHAT This is the first survey exhibition of the Indian-born, Singapore-based award-winning artist at the gallery. Her art, books, films, and photographs look at current and historical flashpoints as perspectival shifts to examining contemporary crises of displacement, whether of people, languages, cultures, or knowledge bodies. The survey offers a glimpse into the multi-layered world that…
Cotton in the Ears, Furball in the Throat
Rossi & Rossi 11/F M Place, 54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, AberdeenWHAT Born in Hong Kong, this is Wong’s third solo exhibition with the gallery. In this exhibition, the artist uses a multitude of mediums to depict her observations of the connections between words, objects, and images while also discussing the themes of failure, hope, and miscommunication. All of these ideas arose during the pandemic and…
Journey
Rossi & Rossi 11/F M Place, 54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, AberdeenWHAT This is the debut solo exhibition of Amal Lin, a Taiwanese artist. Known for her interest in Middle Eastern art, she was exposed to the Arabic language and artistic calligraphy when she studied at the University of Jordan. Her interest in Middle Eastern and specifically, Persian art arose when she studied further at the…
The Golden Earth
Rossi & Rossi 11/F M Place, 54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, AberdeenWHAT The second solo show at the gallery is a presentation created after 2019 when Nortse (born Norbu Tsering in Lhasa in 1963) moved into his newest studio. Unlike most other artists’ studio, it is on the banks of the Lhasa River overlooking the Himalayan mountains. Amongst the more than one dozen works on view…
From the Himalayas to the Heartland
Rossi & Rossi 11/F M Place, 54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, AberdeenWHAT Featuring a number of artworks and artefacts from the Himalayas - Bhutan, Nepal, India, Afghanistan, and Tibet - viewers get a taste of history while also witnessing modern day creations influenced by the artefacts. Showcased is 'The Lioness' (1483), depicting two turbaned Samarkandis' tribute of the magnificent beast to the Chenghua Emperor (r. 1464–87)…
Growing Wings
Rossi & Rossi 11/F M Place, 54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, AberdeenWHAT The fourth exhibition at the gallery from Cambodian artist, Leang Seckon, the exhibition highlights the changes that Cambodia has experienced due to colonisation and imperialism while integrating Khmer folklore elements. Born during Cambodia’s civil war, Seckon lived through the reign of the Khmer Rouge as well as Vietnamese occupation, and ghosts from the past…
Two Manifestos
Rossi & Rossi 11/F M Place, 54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, AberdeenWHAT The exhibition features the work of two diaspora artists, Siah Armajani and Rasheed Araeen from the 1970s, mirroring their personal experiences in an unfamiliar culture. From photography, painting to sculpture, the two artists present honed, idiosyncratic expressions as non-Europeans, responding to socio-political phenomena deeply rooted in their respective societies – Iran and Pakistan. WHY…
