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MAMOTH is delighted to present Still Mad, a solo exhibition by artist Ding Hongdan, on view from 29 November 2024 to 25 January 2025. This exhibition marks the culmination of Ding’s residency as MAMOTH’s 2024 Artist-in-Residence and presents a new body of work developed during her time in London.
Rendered in bright, glossy oils and stylised strokes, Ding Hongdan’s collection of paintings en masse is a dip into image-obsessed youth. Spectating within the multi-tableaux of bright, bold figures drawn from the artist’s own friendship group as well as internet sources, the effect is a striking psychedelic whirlwind of overwhelm. In this way, it echoes internet culture and young people striking out who want the freedom to pose, play, dress up and come together in party and fashion subcultures. They perform their individuality in flashy fits and show off to the ever-present lens, and as such they make different choices and inhabit different subjectivities to their elders. A…
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MAMOTH is delighted to present Still Mad, a solo exhibition by artist Ding Hongdan, on view from 29 November 2024 to 25 January 2025. This exhibition marks the culmination of Ding’s residency as MAMOTH’s 2024 Artist-in-Residence and presents a new body of work developed during her time in London.
Rendered in bright, glossy oils and stylised strokes, Ding Hongdan’s collection of paintings en masse is a dip into image-obsessed youth. Spectating within the multi-tableaux of bright, bold figures drawn from the artist’s own friendship group as well as internet sources, the effect is a striking psychedelic whirlwind of overwhelm. In this way, it echoes internet culture and young people striking out who want the freedom to pose, play, dress up and come together in party and fashion subcultures. They perform their individuality in flashy fits and show off to the ever-present lens, and as such they make different choices and inhabit different subjectivities to their elders. A…
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