Hair sculptures and digital-based art in year-end exhibition at ARoS

Shoplifter represented the Icelandic pavilion at the Venice Biennale two years ago, after which she was remembered primarily for her dominant installation Chromo Sapiens. The artist used synthetic hair as the basis for the work - a material that she generally likes to use for the sculptural production of her works in order to visualize how unique and malleable it is: hair behaves like yarn, only that it grows out of our bodies and we thus use it to distinguish ourselves. Starting December 4, 2021, ARoS in Aarhus will show Shoplifter's work as the first of two parts of the changing exhibitions on Level 1.

The second half of the exhibition space is represented by Chinese artist Lu Yang. Her work embodies a kind of digital age offensive - Lu Yang is fond of producing 3D animated films, video game-like installations, holograms, neon, virtual reality and software manipulations. Her visual language derives from Japanese manga aesthetics as well as viral trends or electro subculture, she uses fragments of temple buildings and brings in her fascination for Japanese pop culture as well as her interests in gender identities and sexuality. Furthermore, brain research and bodily representation in the gaming scene play a central role in her works. Both artists can be seen at ARoS until April 24, 2022.