Quan Wenfei:Internet Archaeology Exhibition Walkthrough

Civil Art is pleased to invite you to a guided tour of Quan Wenfei: Internet Archaeology at Eli Klein Gallery, led by the artist and Gallery Director Phil Cai.

The exhibition walkthrough will explore Quan’s process and conceptual approach to transforming fragments of online imagery into tactile works that blur the boundaries between the digital and physical. Through his works, Quan reflects on memory, perception, and the paradox of authenticity in the internet age.

Itinerary:

2:00 - 2:10 PM | Guests arrive

2:10 - 2:50 PM | Exhibition Walkthrough

2:50 - 3:15 PM | Q&A

About the Exhibition

Internet Archaeology, is Quan Wenfei first solo exhibition at Eli Klein Gallery. Quan, who considers herself to be an “internet archaeologist,” grounds her practice in personal experiences drawn from the online world. Across the series, Quan employs unique methods to capture and slow down fleeting moments from the online world. Self-described as an "internet archaeologist," Quan digs up visual information from past web visits, deconstructs it, and remakes it using highly tactile mediums, like oil paint or silkscreen. Using these methods, Quan hopes to both mirror and trouble the torrent of digital images that we face on a daily basis, blurring the boundaries between the real and the virtual.

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About Eli Klein Gallery

Eli Klein Gallery has an international reputation as one of the foremost galleries specializing in contemporary Asian art and continues to advance the careers of its represented artists and hundreds of other Asian artists with whom it has collaborated. The Gallery has been instrumental in the loan of artworks by Asian artists to over 100 museum exhibitions throughout the world. Open to the public for over 15 years, the Manhattan-based Eli Klein Gallery has published more than 40 books/catalogues and organized more than 75 exhibitions of Asian contemporary art at our prestigious venues in New York City. Eli Klein’s gallery artists have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Artforum, Newsweek, and ARTnews and have been on CNN and countless other international broadcasts, publications, and online critical reviews.

About Civil Art

Civil Art empowers the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community by making the contributions of the API creatives accessible to wider demographics through our educational programming, editorial platform, community gatherings, and other events. Civil Art’s public programming highlights the ways in which the contributions of API creatives communicate cultural narratives, including employing themes that speak to the multiplicity of the API community’s identity. Our programming raises awareness of the community’s diverse histories while fostering opportunities for intra-community connection, understanding, and further creative development.

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