Song Dong’s work builds on the rhetorical and aesthetic significance that has been associated with windows since ancient times. Through changes in color and form, they can transform the world’s appearance in the eyes of the viewer. In the process of being opened or closed, windows can alter the relationships between individuals and the external world. As barriers between living spaces and the wider world, windows offer key perspective through which people view the outside environment.
In the new works presented in the solo exhibition Window - Mirror, Song Dong has continued his investigations of the varied cultural meanings of windows. His work Breathing (1996) is currently on view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York as part of its permanent collection exhibition, and many of his other works are on display at major art institutions around the world, including Tate Modern in London. Through the notion of “invisible form,” the artist offers room for interpretation in his work, harmoniously combining profound reflective thinking with experiential elements. Song Dong uses everyday objects and familiar imagery to carry out his artistic vision. He continues to challenge the preconceived notions of art with his open-minded approach, and his work blurs the boundary between art and life. Song Dong is one of the most important figures of the Conceptual art movement in China. The artist’s latest solo exhibition, which will be on view through October 28, will feature nine new works created during the pandemic that reflect the artist’s concern about the human spiritual condition of our times. In 2019, Pace staged the artist's large-scale solo exhibition Same Bed Different Dream in London and screened his video installation Smashing the Limit of the Mirror as the inaugural presentation of the Pace Live program at its New York gallery. Pace Gallery in Hong Kong is honored to present Window - Mirror, a solo exhibition of recent works from the famed contemporary artist Song Dong’s series Usefulness of Uselessness, his most representative body of work in recent years.
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