Ten Chinese artists are exhibiting their contemporary artworks at the “One Man at a Lonely Island: Existing at the Moment in Reality, Dreams, the Past and the Future” exhibition at the Yepsun Quality shop and the cafe inside Pingshan Art Museum.

Young artist Tong Kunniao brings a ceramic plate painted with numbers on the edge to make it look like a clock face. In the center of the plate, two or three candles have been burned and the wax flows in different directions, which looks like the clock’s hands.

Having grown up amid the rapid digitalization and concurrent rise of mass consumerism in China, Tong fosters a fascination for used commercial goods as recent cultural remnants in his practice. The artist’s works normally reflect a re-enchantment with the physical world and challenges the way we place meaning in commonplace objects today. He transforms seemingly trivial motifs and everyday material into whimsical and playful sculptures.

Guo Guozhu’s photo series “Let It Be” is a work he started in 2008. Using a pinhole camera, the artist captures a sleeping person in bed at night. The blurry image of the person in bed is an obvious contrast to the clear image of the indoor items surrounding him or her.

The artist aims to elucidate his thoughts on time and life. In the passage of time, all the living things are equal passengers in their journeys, and even less significant than the material world we chase. Space is the most important object in Guo’s creations. When he tries to describe or question about a space, he always begins from an individual spirit perspective and ends up with the social phenomenon.

Artist duo Hao Jingfang and Wang Lingjie who are based in France are exhibiting “drawings” of the daily movement of the sun. The seven “drawings” were produced by an installation which consists of optical devices and thermal paper to trace the sun’s daily path. Standing in front of the works, each one featuring a variation of a semi-circle seared onto the paper, viewers are able to imagine the temperature and light exposure on the day it was recorded.

In recording long, short and intermittent rays, or the lack of visibility altogether, the duo has allowed the sun to “write” its own diary, creating a visual effect that is monotonous yet calming, a kind of metaphorical graffiti revealing subtle variations in day-to-day emotions. The duo highlights the simple, eternal symbol of the fleeting nature of time and the inevitability of its disappearance.

Dates: Until March 30

Venue 1: Yepsun Quality, Huide Road, Pingshan District (坪山区汇德路亦山品物)

Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Venue 2: Art Coffee, 5/F, Pingshan Art Museum (坪山区汇德路坪山美术馆五楼咖啡餐吧)

Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Mondays

Transport: Take the high-speed rail from Futian Station or Shenzhen North Station to Pingshan Station and then take a taxi(SD News)