In an orchestra, the cadenza is that moment when the soloist steps into the spotlight, often improvising as the main melody fades into the background. This extended, spontaneous passage has inspired The SHOPHOUSE Hong Kong’s latest group exhibition, featuring original works by Han-Chiao, Alexander Skate, Astrid Styma, Wang Wenting, Alice Xinyan Wang, Wang Zibo, Suyi Xu, and Zheng Lanxiong.
Titled Daylight Cadenza, the exhibition delves into the artists’ personal memories of summertime, capturing elusive scenes from the everyday mundane to portraits of strangers. The works evoke a spectrum of emotions, from curiosity to playfulness, offering viewers a journey through intimate, sometimes intense, diaristic episodes from the diverse lives of the artists.
“The exhibition moves through crescendos and diminuendos, continuously completing one another like the movements of a visual concerto. Meanwhile, the depicted narratives of familiar, everyday humdrum form a resonating bassline, upon which ordinary sights are transformed,” the gallery explained in a statement. “Restless, stagnant, yet curious and playful—the lyricism of Daylight Cadenza evokes the leisure of summer through the passage of eight artists. As the hours grow long and the days linger, the sweet sound of an unwritten cadenza begins to emerge—what will be played, and what will people hear?”
The SHOPHOUSE
4 Second Ln
Tai Hang
Hong Kong
