Blindspot Gallery is pleased to present Chen Wei’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, “Breath of Silence”, on view from February 18 to April 12, 2025, presenting his recent body of works encompassing photography, LED light sculptures and videos. Chen is known for his staged photography capturing cinematic scenes suspended in a fragmented time space, these scenes are meticulously constructed in his studio. Muted and often vacant, these charged compositions are allegorical of the psyche of contemporary milieu. His LED sculptures and video installations further transpose in three dimensionality the urban textures and motifs photographed on lens.
“Breath of Silence” captures an era characterized by alienation and solitude, a repercussion of the global pandemic. The title alludes to the tacit and suppressed traumas from a collective experience that has engendered disquietude and paranoia. The turning to virtual technology and screens as a means of escapism further creates barriers between people. The exhibition also signals a curtain fall to Chen’s New City (2013-) series, wherein the former boisterous promises of progress and prosperity muffle to diminution in a declined economic climate, exposing the cracks between people’s expectations and the reality that unfolds.
