The MixC Qianhai is collaborating with the HOW Art Museum in Shanghai to present the “Futuristic Aesthetics” exhibition at the newly opened shopping mall in Qianhai. The exhibition is part of the two organizations’ nine-month-long art plan. Fifteen artworks are being presented at the Qianhai exhibition. Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama, known for his feminine robot sculptures, has brought a giant T-rex sculpture and his signature “Sexy Robot.” Exploring femininity and beauty in his robot sculptures, he describes his highly detailed style as “superrealism,” and his feminine robots are an idealization of a future where women are free from patriarchy and celebrated as deities or goddesses. Tian Xiaolei’s multi-screen video installation “In Screen Formalin” is part of the artist’s ongoing project he started in 2018. In each screen of the video, there’s a human implanted with machines dancing against a backdrop of a strong dazzling color. Tian assumes that the special human beings are the experimental specimens in the future when we will become more bio-diversified and have more choices in deciding our own path of evolution through the implanting of gadgets. Tian said he is interested in the uncertainty of the rapid iteration in this era, the relationship between life, science and technology, and the new species produced by the hybrid age. Italian artist Davide Quayola’s 3D-printed “Pluto & Proserpina” is a pair of sculptures inspired by Michelangelo’s aesthetic style “non finito.” Quayola employs technology as a lens to explore the tensions and equilibriums between seemingly opposing forces: real and artificial, figurative and abstract, old and new. His varied practice, all deriving from computer software, includes performances, videos, sculptures and works on paper. And collectors familiar with OG Slick’s oeuvre can appreciate the artist’s Mickey Mouse sculptures at the exhibition and a merch store. Venue: The MixC Qianhai, Guiwan Road 4, Qianhai (前海桂湾四路深圳万象前海) Metro: Line 5 to Guiwan Station (桂湾站), Exit E (SD News) | 