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Exhibition presented as part of the project Material Matters: Sheila Hicks and Shi Hui This exhibition brings together two major figures in contemporary art for whom material matters. Sheila Hicks (b. 1934, American, lives in Paris) has been active on the international art scene since the early 1960s, working primarily with fiber, color, and structures. Shi Hui (b. 1955, Chinese, lives in Hangzhou) has developed her own language since the 1980s, exploring paper pulp, pure white, and poetic …
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Exhibition presented as part of the project
Material Matters: Sheila Hicks and Shi Hui
This exhibition brings together two major figures in contemporary art for whom material matters. Sheila Hicks (b. 1934, American, lives in Paris) has been active on the international art scene since the early 1960s, working primarily with fiber, color, and structures. Shi Hui (b. 1955, Chinese, lives in Hangzhou) has developed her own language since the 1980s, exploring paper pulp, pure white, and poetic spatial forms. Both are pushing the traditions of art making through experimentation using humble materials in innovative modes.
In this double solo exhibition, we are captivated by how Sheila Hicks intertwines threads, colours, and histories, and engages with softness and monumentality. At the same time, we decipher the multiple lives Shi Hui gives to paper pulp, and how her work rekindles Chinese artistic traditions.
Curated by Clément Dirié, Liu Xiao and Chen Yangyi
Images: Sheila Hicks, Material Matters: Sheila Hicks & Shi Hui, 2026, installation views, West Bund Museum. Photos: Alessandro Wang
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