ShanghART Gallery announces that the launch event and dialogue for Zhou Li’s new books, organized by Beijing Dangdai Art Fair, will take place on May 22, 2026.
As an exploration of the artist’s current creative phase, this forum will focus on the eponymous art books accompanying two of her solo exhibitions held in China over the past two years: Four Seasons (curated by Sheng Liyu), which took place at the Jebum-gang Art Center in Tibet in May 2024, and Closest Yet Farthest (curated by Shu Kewen), presented at ShanghART Beijing in September 2025.
The binding design of both exhibition monographs converges on an exposed-spine, cloth-bound Smyth-sewn format—a material choice that systematically charts Zhou Li’s creative evolution. This trajectory spans from her initial perceptions of geo-spatial practice to a rigorous dissection of internal affect and methodological frameworks. Taking these two newly published textual archives as a catalyst, the artist and invited guests will engage in an in-depth dialogue centered on the formal presentation and academic trajectories of the previous two exhibitions.
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