Qiu AnXiong at Pearl Lam Projects
Qiu AnXiongBearing the UnseenMar 24 – May 30, 2026 Pearl Lam ProjectsG–3/F, W Place52 Wyndham StreetCentral, Hong Kong Monday – Saturday, 10am – 7pm+852 2522 1428 pearllam.com Guided by the aesthetics of Chinese ink painting and deeply rooted in classical Chinese philosophy, Shanghai-based artist Qiu Anxiong, for more than two decades, has developed a singular artistic language that moves fluidly between painting, animation, installation, and time-based media. In his work, he articulates a condition he describes as “modernity in flux” that is marked by instability, mutation, and profound moral ambiguity. To him, modern civilisation is an unsettled terrain haunted by spiritual dissonance. At a time when the use of artificial intelligence increasingly blurs what is real, Qiu reexamines our relationship with nature and the desire to dominate and control it. He does not abandon tradition in the face of modernity. Instead, he uses classical sources, Western anthropology, ancient Chinese mythological texts such as the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and Zhuangzi’s notion of equality of all things to rescript the chaotic phenomena of the contemporary world. Bearing the …
