New painting exhibition opens at L-Art Gallery in Futian

L-Art Gallery, located on the second floor of the Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning, has opened its 2026 inaugural exhibition, “Poetic Reconstructing of the Everyday,” which will run until May 20.

A view of L-Art Gallery. Photos by Chang Zhipeng

The exhibition brings together a selection of major works from recent years by three Chinese artists born in the 1980s: Ge Yan, Qi Wenzhang and Xu Dawei. Working in distinct artistic languages, the three artists respond to a central question: when contemporary art becomes overly rhetorical, how can painting return to the experiential fabric of everyday life?

Visitors view the paintings on display at L-Art Gallery. 

Ge blurs the boundaries between historical imagery and contemporary space, using theatrical light and shadow to lend the act of viewing a quiet tension. Qi turns a calm, restrained gaze toward the “nameless” figures of the city, introducing subtle absurdity and alienation into ordinary scenes. Xu, meanwhile, transforms visual experience into a psychological space shaped by introspection through the rhythm of color and the imagination of form.

Though their artistic approaches differ, the three artists create a tacit and meaningful dialogue within the exhibition space, each reawakening visitors' visual experience in a unique way and opening up a deeper spiritual realm.

Opening Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Tuesday to Sunday) 

Duration: March 22 to May 20

Tickets: Free admission

Add: L-Art Gallery 2/F, Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning, 184 Fuzhong Road, Futian District