Bodies of Water ~ a dive in 2021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Biennale

Every two years, Shanghai’s contemporary museum the Power Station of Art (official website) hosts the Shanghai Biennale. It’s one subway station away from our atelier, themed around “Bodies of Water”… yeah just like the latest collection, so I got curious and had to report back! So here is a quick tour into:

Bodies of Water ~ 水体

(Note: all photos were taken by Kwoa. You can click on the image for bigger version, or on artist name to visit their official page when available.)

“‘Bodies of Water’ […] looks into the liquid nature of human, more-than-human, and post-human bodies, and into the fluid ways in which they infiltrate, constitute, and relate to one another. The Biennale explores the historic and contemporary tensions, the over and under-explored possibilities, and the forms of consensual, dissident, and alternative forms of being that are made possible by bodies of water.”
Andres Jaque (official site) – Chief Curator

019b - Jenna Sutela - 13th Shanghai Biennale 第十三届上海双年展 - Bodies of Water 水体

019a - Jenna Sutela - 13th Shanghai Biennale 第十三届上海双年展 - Bodies of Water 水体

019c - Jenna Sutela - 13th Shanghai Biennale 第十三届上海双年展 - Bodies of Water 水体

Antoni Muntanas
Feliciano Centurion (official site)
Feliciano Centurion (official site)
Joan Jonas
孙晓星 – 裘臻 – 赵坤方 – 黄思遥 (note: G.M. was right, LaoGanMa sauce is essential!)
Dai Chenlian – 戴陈连 (official site)

Zadie Xa (official site) & Benito Mayor Vallejo

Three floors for an uneven but interesting exhibition. Several pieces really stood out, such as Liam Young’s mesmerizing headpieces’ designs and futuristic planet videos! Aesthetic, contemplative, eerie… quite in line with the pulse of Shanghai.
Right behind, the dreamy installation from Ayesha Tan Jones , the cleverly obvious pieces from Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen, and the peacefully cute whales from Zadie Xa & Benito Mayor Vallejo.

More information on Power Station of Art website: https://www.powerstationofart.com/.