With the 2010 world expo opening during the month of May, Shanghai has gone through a dramatic process of gentrification.

Such a profile modernisation projects. Somewhat untouched by this master narrative is Duolun Road where Osage Shanghai is located.

The social activities in this bazaar area project a humanistic spirit that not only speaks of a coexistence of the past and present, but it bears witness to a brief that has lived and is still libing simultaneously. situated at the former residence of renowned political writer Wang Zaoshi, Osage Shanghai invites nine artists to articulate the notion of home and to tease out social relevance of a cultural institution relative to a vibrant neighbourhood.