RAM Documentary｜WangShui: poiesis

The Rockbund Art Museum (RAM), Shanghai, is now presenting poiesis, the first museum solo exhibition by the New York-based artist WangShui (b.1986, United States). This project is the first show at the museum since the end of the zero-COVID policy in China and will also relaunch the RAM under the new Artistic Director, X Zhu-Nowell. Known for their technically complex yet ethereal works, WangShui blends poetics and cybernetics in multilayered paintings, installations, and video. Titled after the Greek word poiesis, meaning "to bring something into being," this exhibition expands upon WangShui's artistic research into alternative modes of collaboration and unexpected ways of "integrating different agents," in the words of the artist. This exhibition and new body of work highlight the most recent development of WangShui's singular art practice, questioning the idea of human consciousness as the sole wellspring of creative activity while interrogating the logic of perception and the politics of (in)visibility.