ARARIO GALLERY SHANGHAI presents After the Reaction, a group exhibition by CHEN Xiaozhi (b. 1980), LU Chunsheng (b. 1968), SUN Yiwen (b. 1991), and YAN Heng (b. 1982), which employs “chemistry” as a central metaphor to explore the ongoing effects of technological innovation, social structures, and historical narratives in contemporary life. Here, “chemistry” is not limited to a laboratory discipline but is understood as a mechanism of modernity concerned with transformation, refinement, acceleration, and control: technologies evolve, forms change, yet humanity’s impulse to convert the world into power and resources persists. In this sense, “chemistry” serves as a lens for understanding the structural contradictions of the contemporary world.
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