K11 Art Foundation presents a new wave of Chinese and French digital art, the Metamorphosis of the Virtual 5 + 5. The exhibition, featuring major pieces by internationally renowned and emerging Chinese and French artists, will open on July 5th in the Shanghai K11 Art Mall.

Conceived as a multi-sensorial experience – simultaneously physical, spiritual and emotional – Metamorphosis of the Virtual 5 + 5 showcases spectacular immersive and interactive installations, with a few of the art pieces especially developed for the chi K11 art museum.

Curated to create new cultural dialogues among the artists and the community, this exhibition will encourage the audience to explore and ponder upon creativity in the five highlighted areas: Flux, Life Forms, Cityscape, Morphogenetic and Avatar.

Metamorphosis of the Virtual 5 + 5 is part of the official program of the 50th anniversary of Franco-Sino diplomatic relations, along with the upcoming co-curated exhibition between KAF and Palais de Tokyo in Paris during FIAC in October and the “Master of Impressionism – Claude Monet” retrospective, still on show in Shanghai and a major success in terms of visitors.

Adrian Cheng, Founder and Chairman of KAF commented: “We are very pleased to present this exhibition which we believe will strike a chord with many of us. Although new technologies and internet have taken a central place in our daily life and society, digital art remains in a paradoxical way quite confidential. These creators all belong to the same group of pioneers and visionary artists who share the certitude that the digital world offers new ways of making and perceiving art; a philosophy which is in tune with KAF’s vision of art.”

The Metamorphosis of the Virtual 5 + 5 is an expression originally created by the French writer and philosopher Christine Buci-Glucksmann in an essay she wrote about Pia MYrvoLD, one of the participating artists of the exhibition. Apart from the evocative and poetic qualities, it suggests that we deal with an artistic substance that is "alive" and in constant change. The idea of metamorphosis engages us in an endless and generative process or story.

Artists: (China) Aaajiao, Feng Membo, Miao Xiaochun, Tsang Kin-Wah, Zheng Da

(France) Maurice Benayoun, Miguel Chevalier, Pascal Haudressy, Pia MYrvoLD, ORLAN

-K11 Art Foundation

Image: © Tsang Kin Wah
The Fourth Seal - HE Is To No Purpose And He Wants To Die For The Second Time
2010
Courtesy of the artist and K11 Art Foundation