Shuang Li – Forever

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Peres Projects is pleased to present Forever by Shuang Li (b. 1990 in Wuyi Mountains, CN), the artist’s third solo exhibition with the gallery and her first with the gallery in Milan.

Fandom: what does it mean to be a fan? And more specifically, what is a fangirl? Through this body of work, Li investigates the at times gendered terminology that is associated with strong admiration for notable people, that often has a connotation of an unthinking, mindless devotion. In Forever, surrounding the video installation are resin cast wall sculptures that freeze various ephemera and mundane objects in time: trinkets, gadgets, fabric, and other personal articles are trapped in transparent molds, along with found objects that are reminiscent of fan art. Many of the objects are not only signifiers of pop punk culture, but also that of the fangirl and girlhood in general, which here the artist distorts to be mildewed and mutant, and suggestively grotesque. Collected together within an uncanny substance, these various fragments reveal how the position of the fangirl is one in which an identity is built and strengthened through attachment and association, while also acting as a type of iconoclasm that unsettles the paraphernalia of cult followings.