Upcoming | Being In the World

The Long Museum’s tenth anniversary coincides with a time when we have been unable to be in the world. The Covid pandemic has led to societies around the globe being in confinement. This exhibition is conceived in response to our yearning for social encounters and for being in the world - all through the prism of the artist’s eye.  

The human figure dominates. The assembled paintings and installations encompass artists’ self-portraits, family albums, strangers in surreal scenarios, groups gathered in social activities.  

Being in the World takes us on a journey through four ‘episodes’ each themed after one work. Episode One focuses on the single figure, on artists’ self portraits and the relation between artist and model. The paintings in Episode Two capture the dynamics of families, friends and lovers. Episode Three features depictions of groups who may be strangers or colleagues, workers or revellers.

Episode Four takes us into the realm of abstraction where artists use colour, light and form to generate sensory environments. We move from looking at the body from outside, to occupying the body from inside, in order to encounter the material reality.

There may be one dominant subject – the human – but there are a multitude of aesthetic approaches. Ranging from collage to hyperrealism, they reflect major movements in modern and contemporary art. 

"Being In the World—The Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum" 

List of artists 

★Listed in alphabetical order by artist's last name

A

Ai Xuan

Rita Ackermann

Marina Abramović

Mamma Andersson

Lucas Arruda

B

Tony Bevan

Michaël Borremans

Huma Bhabha

Sarah Ball

Bae Yoon-Hwan

C

Chao Ge

Chang Qing

Chen Zhen

Miriam Cahn

George Condo

Chang Shuhong

Cheong Soo Pieng

Chen Danqing

Chen Fei

Chiu Ya-Tsai

John Currin

Chua Soobin

D

Ding Yanyong

Duan Jianwei

Marlene Dumas

E

Mimosa Echard

Tracey Emin

Mandy El-Sayegh

F

Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita

Fei Yifu

Maria Farrar

Dan Flavin

Raphaël Fenice

G

Paul Gauguin

Antony Gormley

Geng Jianyi

Guo Runwen

Theaster Gates

H

He Duoling

Hu Shanyu

Grace Hartigan

Han Young-Wook

Shara Hughes

Thomas Houseago

Jenny Holzer

Barkley L. Hendricks

Hu Jiancheng

David Hockney

Huang Rui

Loie Hollowell

Shirazeh Houshiary

I

Tetsuya Ishida

J

Rashid Johnson

Ji Xin

Jin Shangyi

Rachel Jones

K

Yayoi Kusama

Izumi Kato

Scott Kahn

Alex Katz

L

Luo Zhongli

Li Tianyuan

Luo Erchun

Li Jikai

Liu Xiaodong

Lee Ufan

Liu Wei (刘韡)

Liu Wei (刘炜)

Lee Jin-Woo

Lee Kun-Yong

M

Amedeo Modigliani

René Magritte

Ana Mendieta

Kerry James Marshall

Mao Yan

Zanele Muholi

O

Ouyang Chun

Toyin Ojih Odutola

P

Pan Yuliang

Pang Maokun

Gatot Pujiarto

Otto Piene

Q

Qi Zhilong

Qin Yifeng

R

Neo Rauch

Mark Rothko

Gerhard Richter

S

Su Tianci

Shen Ling

Song Kun

Shen Xiaotong

Shih Yung Chun

Amy Sherald

Shang Yang

Dana Schutz

Jenny Saville

T

Tang Yunyu

Emmanuel Taku

Wolfgang Tillmans

U

Peter Uka

Ulay

V

Adrián Villar Rojas

W

Wang Chuan

 Wang Huaiqing

Wang Yin

Wang Qiang

Wei Ershen

Wei Rong

Wang Jinsong

X

Xu Mangyao

Xie Nanxing

Xiong Yu

Xu Beihong

Xia Junna

Xia Xiaowan

Y

Yang Liguang

Yan Li

Yu Hong

Yan Lei

Yang Feiyun

Yang Fudong

Yin Zhaoyang

Yunizar

Yu Youhan

Z

Zhang Qianying

Zhang Jian

Zhang Xiaogang

Zhou Chunya

Zeng Fanzhi

Zhang Enli

Zhao Shou

Zhao Zhao