The new solo exhibition by Wan Chaoqian, bathed in soft light and defined by essential forms, immerses visitors in a sensory experience where the everyday is transformed into a disorienting ritual. A geometry of gleaming tiles marks the path, reflecting shards of light like fragmented memories, while showers and bathtubs of surgical precision stand as simulacra of an intimate sanctuary. Towel racks, aligned with obsessive exactness, converse with scented candles and niches where every object seems suspended in a moment that never yields: it is comfort taken to the extreme, yet concealing hidden tensions. Stepping into this “ideal bathroom,” you’re greeted by the muted sound of water flowing at constant pressure through invisible pipes, and warmth calibrated with millimetric accuracy. The spotless surfaces act like digital mirrors, holding thoughts and images that flow with no escape. Yet it is the silent mechanism of the drain and the network of ventilation that governs the invisible flux of what must be expelled - foam, residue, buried desires - to regenerate both space and mind, ready to be replenished again at first light.
Wan Chaoqian’s artistic practice focuses on reworking images drawn from the internet, visual culture, and everyday life. Wan Chaoqian lives and works in Beijing.
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