The Torrent & The Fold

27 June - 24 July, 2025
PV: Thursday 26 June, 6 - 8 pm

Curated by Louis Blanc-Francard and Wenhui Hao

Featuring: Amy Hui Li, Dingyue Luna Fan, Jess Xiaoyi Han, Ji Won Cha, Kristy Chan, Lau Yee Vanessa Fong, Seohyun Oh, Shuang Jiang, Wenhai Ning, Wenhui Hao, Xi Liu, Xinran Liu, Freya Fang Wang, and Xuanru Wang. 

LBF is pleased to present The Torrent & the Fold. Co-curated by Louis Blanc-Francard and London-based Chinese painter Wenhui Hao, this group presentation aims to be a landmark exhibition on contemporary iterations of abstraction emerging from East Asia.

Focusing on the work of diasporic artists in a globalised context, this exhibition explores the interweaving of fluid identities and collective experience through distinct visual languages. Wenhui Hao, whose practice employs abstraction to emphasise the fragility and spirituality of humanity, brings an insider’s perspective into the world of London’s emerging artists shaping this abstract movement today.

Recognising that the paintings are both products of individual expression and operating in a dynamic cultural dialogue — between East and West, between painting and other media — this exhibition seeks to track the resonances that transcend historical and cultural boundaries.