‘Communication and Control Are Inextricably Linked’: Artist Cao Fei on How Technology Both Serves and Suppresses Humanity
1 min readPhoto: Cao Fei by 9mouth. Article by Noor Brara.
For Art Icons, a new conversation series with famous living artists, Cao Fei spoke to Artnet News about her new exhibition in London.
Beijing-based artist Cao Fei is easily one of the most influential Chinese artists working today. Her multimedia and sculpture-based work—which explores the chaotic, liminal space of the real world as it meets the technological one—has been exhibited in major shows the world over, from MoMA PS1 to the Tate Modern.
Recently, her exhibition “Blueprints” at Serpentine Galleries in London was put on pause—and has just reopened, giving the work, which is all about future plans and projections, new relevance and meaning. […]