Zhuang Hui (Yumen 1963, lives and works in Beijing) employs various expressive media in his work, including large-scale installations, photography, painting and performance, displaying a topical fusion between make-belief and reality, reflecting deeply on appearances, and, finally, expressing open criticism of a society afflicted by serious spiritual impoverishment. The group of works in the show has been specially conceived for the occasion and realized together with Dan’Er (born in the province of Shanbei in 1983, lives in Beijing), an artist with whom he has worked on a number of other important projects since 2006. Wood shavings and small off-cuts, which are usually trodden underfoot or ignored, become the subjects of artworks. Enlarged to unreal dimensions, they are transformed into unusual and harmonious sculptures. Adopting minimalist-style compositional rhythms, Zhuang Hui & Dan’Er activate not only a process of aesthetization but also one of intellectualization.