On view—the second solo exhibition with Beijing based artist @tongkunniao under the title The myth of human nature at SETAREH. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ On the first floor, Tong Kunniao depicts faces in paintings and sculptures. The face is one of the main representations of human life and they are, in these series of works, intertwined with technological gadgets such as car reflectors, speakers or machinery. Mirroring the beginning of Artificial Intelligence and facing a near future in which transhumanism could be indicative of what⁠ is nowadays described as “normal”. The myth of human nature can also be translated as Second Natural Person, setting the grounds for the concept around which the artworks presented in the exhibition are created. The “natural person” refers to the purest version of human life. The individual who has undergone transformation of any kind, no matter if ideological, mechanical, technological or educational, is then the “Second Natural Person”.⁠ ⁠ Please click link in bio to discover the Online Viewing Room. ⁠ ⁠ _ ⁠ Tong Kunniao ⁠ Triplets, 2019-2022⁠ Acrylic on wood panel, sealing wax⁠ 51 x 160 x 5 cm⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ _ _ _ _ _⁠ setareh.com⁠ #setareh #setarehgallery #tongkunniao #contemporaryart #painting #sculpture #beijingart #düsseld