Daily Formalism / 每日形式

Formalism signifies an emphasis on form over content and meaning in art. It is often associated with abstract or minimalist art - art that is devoid of language outside itself. Daily Formalism showcases artists practicing in a tenacious yet provocative relationship with the legacy of formalism. Whether cynical, playful, political or pedantic, these works employ formalism as an antidote to the age of information. In this exhibition quotidian materials and media have hijacked this once purist tradition. How have pure forms been commandeered by our hyper-saturated cognitive and associative powers? In a post-everything environment with infinite choices why the sudden gravitation towards formalist tropes? What is formal and what is normal? 

ARTISTS:
APT artist Garcia Frankowski
Ai Weiwei
Evan Robarts 
Haegue Yang 
He Yida
Tao Yi
Yang Mushi
Amy Yao
Wang Yuyang
Zhou Changyong