Geng Yini 耿旖旎 China, b. 1982

1690 Art Collections Space, in collaboration with BANK, presents the works of eight young artists from China and abroad, whose works either embody moments of immersion in the world of...

Curator / Leo Li Chen Pluto was once considered the ninth planet in our solar system, but in 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefined the criteria for a “planet,”...

It’s been one of the hottest summers in decades. (With god-to-be-real global warming, the upcoming summers are sure to break more records) And now the Paris Olympics, American presidential debacle,...

BANK was born 10 years ago out of a happy mistake. It started with the discovery of a special space, a whim, and some hutzpah. It is now a global...

Magical Realism is a term largely attributed to a 20th Century literary genre best represented by South American writers like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Borges and Isabel Allende, but in fact...

For her first presentation in Shanghai since her celebrated K11 solo show, Hanging Tower & Perfect Duck, Deep Pond (2017) BANK presents a special project by Geng Yini that explores...

In 1947, André Malraux proposed the idea 'Le Musée Imaginaire' (the Imaginary Museum), whereby actual artworks no longer had to be presented in a physical museum. Instead, with the advent...

Hanging Tower & Perfect Duck Deep Pond is Geng Yini’s latest exhibition featuring creations from 2017 as well as a selection of ear- lier works. If Geng’s past works could...

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. —— Sonnet 18 by Shakespeare Summer is the season of infinite possibilities, unbridled play, and...

“God loves whatever: be it drunkards, illiterates or the uneducated, grandparents, uncles or aunties, the conceited or the shameful, people with status or those without reputation ... they are everywhere...

In his seminal book, Civilization and its Discontents, Sigmund Freud enumerates what he sees as the fundamental tensions between civilization and the individual. The primary friction, he asserts, stems from...

PAINT(erly) |ˈpeɪntəli| adj • of or appropriate to a painter; artistic: she has a painterly eye. • characterized by qualities of color, stroke, and texture rather than of line. This...