Galerie Huit (Hong Kong) and MAO Space (Shanghai) will be opening the duo exhibition ‘Folding Reality’ by Hangzhou-based artists Huang Jingjie and Liu Guoqiang. ‘Folding Reality’ consists of recent paintings, photography and mixed media wall pieces by Huang and Liu, both exploring the duality in our everyday world and psychological space. Through the works of Huang and Liu, ‘Folding Reality’ offers two perspectives to exploring and reading reality and the Self. Huang embraces memories and their associations to connect to the present and future whilst Liu simplifies and analyses, removing symbols from their original context, thus creating a parallel reality. About the Artists Huang Jingjie (b. 1988, Ningbo, China). Lives and works in Hangzhou, China. Selected recent exhibitions include: Ode to Joy, MAO Space, Shanghai, 2017; Your World, My Sight, MAO Space, Shanghai, 2015; Invisible Imagination, iSGO Gallery, Shanghai, 2016; Paint As Pleased, Zhejiang Museum of National History, Zhejiang, 2016; Evolution, Banyan Art Map-ing, Hangzhou, 2015. Ultramarine, 2017, Huang Jingjie, 100 x 200 cm, Acrylic on canvas In this exhibition, Huang employs paper as a recurring symbol in his works, depicting details of the folds, creases, cuts and shapes of the material. In his paintings, paper becomes a means to a journey through time, connecting and suggesting memories, senses and nostalgia. His portrayals of childhood paper toys, open books and wrinkled papers expand what the audience sees in the present as a dual journey of the past and the future. Liu Guoqiang (b. 1988, Shangong, China). Lives and works in Hangzhou, China. Selected recent exhibitions include: WHAT MAKE US WHO WE ARE, Xu gallery, Shanghai, 2017; Towards the Emergence of Resistance, Taikang Place, Beijing, 2016; The Moving Images, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2016; Reboot Virtuality, Leo Gallery, Shanghai 2016; Wall Power: Wallpost Artist Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, 2016; A Ride to Combine, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2016. The Odd and Even, 2017, Liu Guoqiang, 100 x 80 cm, Mixed media In this exhibition, Liu seeks to explore the fundamental idea of duality – positive and negative, imagined and real, impalpable and tangible. Liu selects individual symbols and ideas from daily life, removes them from their usual context, and rearranges such symbols that challenges a universally received understanding and interpretation of images. Leading the audience to deconstruct what has been assumed, Liu opens up new possibilities to reading this world and to creating an alternate reality.