Opening on 30 November, Cao Fei: My City is Yours will introduce Australian audiences to the cyber futurism of Guangzhou-born, Beijing-based Cao Fei (b1978). Voted by ArtReview magazine in 2023 as one of the art world’s ten most influential people, Cao Fei has documented China’s rapid urbanisation, globalisation and digital revolution for more than two decades, interpreting the energy of the contemporary metropolis into mesmerising films, photography and large-scale interactive and immersive installations.
Cao Fei: My City is Yours heralds the artist’s first retrospective in Australia. The exhibition is designed by the artist and Beau Architects (Hong Kong) and will bring the energy of a buzzing megacity right into the heart of the Art Gallery of the NSW.
Spanning an interactive 1300-square-metre space in Naala Badu, the Art Gallery’s north building, Cao Fei’s exhibition explores China’s rapid urban, technological, and social transformations from the Y2K period to today. The exhibition will also debut two major Sydney-specific commissions by the artist.