Translucent Passage, Exhibition "Mellow Fever"
Galerie des Galeries, Galeries Lafayette, Paris
Apr. 2008
Megumi Matsubara + Hiroi Ariyama

In an environment reinterpreted by Japanese architectural duo (Megumi Matsubara, Hiroi Ariyama),
Mellow Fever offers a selection of works by 10 artists originating from four corners of Asia.
Constructed step by step, from Tokyo to Shanghai, Singapore to Seoul,
the exhibition is the result of an empirical exploration guided by the desire to showcase
a less conspicuous Asian art scene than the West is accustomed to.
While the media and market often favor a repetitive and univocal aesthetic,
Mellow Fever refers instead to and autonomous, subtle creative exuberance.
Far from an attempt to create a full panorama of contemporary Asian art,
the exhibition sketches out an oblique approach,
echoing harmonious discordances from a composite continent on the move.

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