Arik Levy & Zoé Ouvrier
Come Closer
May 15 – Jul 5, 2026
Opening: Friday, May 15, 6pm – 8pm
Courtesy the artist and Tang Contemporary.
Courtesy the artist and Tang Contemporary.
Taken together, the works of Arik Levy and Zoé Ouvrier become a constellation—an ecosystem of proximity. They remind us that art is not static, but relational. It lives in the space between the object and the viewer, between societies and cultures, what is made and what is felt. And in-between these spaces, something vital happens: empathy awakens, understanding deepens, and new possibilities emerge.
This exhibition is not about answers but about nearness. It does not seek to resolve tensions but to hold them, to let them breathe. What happens when we allow ourselves to come closer to someone else’s story, or to our own? What do we find when we look long enough that the familiar becomes strange, and the strange becomes familiar? We live in times when closeness can feel dangerous—when contact is fraught with fear, when difference is amplified as distance. Yet art reminds us that without proximity, there can be no recognition, no transformation. To come closer is not to erase difference but to acknowledge it, to honor it, to dwell in the richness of its textures.
Coming closer is not merely a physical act; it is an emotional and ethical gesture. It is about daring to approach what unsettles us, what intrigues us, what resists easy explanation. In proximity, textures emerge. Layers reveal themselves. Stories unfold. By shifting our perspective from distant gazes to close encounters, we begin to see not only the artwork differently, but perhaps ourselves, refracted through it.
Come Closer is therefore more than an exhibition; it is an offering. It asks us to slow down, to trust the intimacy of looking, to accept the discomfort and the beauty that arise when we do not turn away. It invites us into a dialogue—with the works, with the artists, with one another, and with ourselves. As you walk through this exhibition, we hope you allow yourself to be surprised by the details, unsettled by the silences, moved by the nearness of what you encounter. We hope you take the time to linger, to draw close enough that the boundaries between art and life, self and other, begin to shift.
Above all, we hope that Come Closer stays with you—that when you leave, you carry with you not only images and impressions, but a renewed sense of the power of nearness. May it remind us that to come closer is, in the end, to live more fully: attentive, connected, and profoundly alive.
Articles
Chow Chun Fai 周俊輝 / Review / October 19, 2024
Rodel Tapaya 羅德爾·塔帕亞 / Review / May 20, 2021
Chen Danqing / Feature / June 21, 2019
Shen Ling / Review / April 10, 2019
Huang Yongping, Shen Yuan / Review / May 19, 2018
Wang Du / Review / January 15, 2017
Zhao Zhao / Review / September 30, 2016
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Tang Contemporary Art is a Hong Kong, Beijing and Bangkok-based art gallery, representing some leading key figures in Contemporary Chinese art. As one of the most critically driven exhibition spaces in Asia, Tang Contemporary Art is fully committed to promote local and international art, and encourage the dynamic exchange between artists and audiences.
Represented artists
Ai Weiwei, Liu Xiaodong, Wang Du, Guo Wei, Ling Jian, Peng Yu & Sun Yuan, Vasan Sitthiket, Preeyachanok Ketsuwan, Chatchai Suphin