Feature Artist: Hussain AI Ismail, Yan Wen Chang, Luis Figueroa, Marley Johnson, Sally Huang Wong, Sara Maclellan Leone McComas, Alexadr Nabokov, Fernando Pendas, Vinetha Sivathasan, Kathy Hong Zhou, Yong Zhang
2116: Art of Leverage centers on the understanding of the role young artist plays in today’s realities. Perhaps, if we are lucky, a hundred years from now (in 2116), art historians will draw parallels between the unprecedented social restructuring of our century and the French Revolution’s impact on the development of European culture. Both epochs are soaked with the rebellious atmosphere of Romanticism: similar to Gericault and Delacroix, contemporary artists have a strong feeling of living in the Time of Change, when the future is obscure yet open to new influences. The post-modernistic art scene, similar to the Romantic one, is defined by ambitious and bright young individuals, who are capable of creating a viable new reality.
The exhibition aims to gather young artists who provide a new perspective on society that is vital to our evolution as a global community. Creative messages can serve as an impetus to reconnect with a mode of life most of us have only ever heard about. And it’s up to us – the modern generation – whether their thoughts will become another a New Reality. The year 2116 seems hard to imagine from where we are now; young artists show us possible ways to progress from here to there.