Ulay: The Great Journey

Nov 13, 2022 - Mar 12, 2023 Solo Exhibition, How Art Museum

Opening:	Nov 13, 2022 10:00 Sunday
Curators:	Sherry Lai , Hana Ostan Ožbolt
Artists:	Ulay
Address:	HOW Art Museum

With The Great Journey, HOW Art Museum presents the first institutional posthumous exhibition of the groundbreaking oeuvre of Frank Uwe Laysiepen, known as Ulay (1943–2020), in Asia. The exhibition is co-curated by Sherry Lai, partner SPURS Gallery, and Hana Ostan Ožbolt, ULAY Foundation Director.
Comprising approximately 70 works, The Great Journey emphasizes the variety and the experimental, uncompromising and intimate character of the work and the legacy of Ulay, the pioneer in Polaroid photography, performance and body art. The exhibition is a journey through Ulay's life and his body of work, focusing on three different periods: his artistic activity in the early 1970s, his collaboration with Marina Abramović between 1976 and 1989, and his work as a solo artist in the late 1990s.
Ulay had a long-lasting and personal relationship to China, that inspired a great deal of his oeuvre. The exhibition highlights various series of works, which respond to China's vastness and greatness, its landscape, culture, religion and people.

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