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BODY IS THE FOREIGN PLACE at ART CENTRAL 2026
RARARES Art Gallery returns to Art Central 2026 with Body Is The Foreign Place, a group exhibition exploring how the body becomes a vessel for identity, belonging, and transformation in an increasingly technologized and globalised world.
In cities shaped by migration, trade, and accelerated change, the body absorbs histories of movement and adaptation. It carries memory while continuously becoming something new. Positioned within Hong Kong’s unique cultural landscape, where local and global narratives intersect, the exhibition considers the body as both archive and frontier: a site of vulnerability, resilience, and negotiation.
It includes new, vibrant, and joyful works by last year’s featured artist, Mathias Hagen Maserati (Norway), alongside works by the rising star, Elnaz Javani (Iran), whose textile art examine relocation and personal identity, positioning sensitivity as strength. Cosmic sculptures by Chunkook Lee (South Korea) explore the tension between human presence and nature. In contrast, Russian contemporary artists Ustina Yakovleva, with bead-and-thread sculptures that evoke deep-water origins and interconnected histories, and Tatiana Chursina, with a triptych that reflects on emotional and ecological interdependence.
The exhibition invites reflection: Is my body a foreign place to me? Or has it become a site of understanding, negotiation, and home?
Elnaz Javani has been selected for Central Stage at ART CENTRAL 2026, a platform that highlights artists recently featured, currently participating, or soon to be presented in leading international exhibitions and recurring large-scale projects such as biennials and triennials. The program also recognizes artists distinguished by major public commissions and recent acquisitions by prominent museums and public institutions, underscoring their growing international recognition and institutional presence.
Curated by: Marina Baisel
ART CENTRAL 2026
21-29 MARCH 2026
BOOTH A18 , P3
In cities shaped by migration, trade, and accelerated change, the body absorbs histories of movement and adaptation. It carries memory while continuously becoming something new. Positioned within Hong Kong’s unique cultural landscape, where local and global narratives intersect, the exhibition considers the body as both archive and frontier: a site of vulnerability, resilience, and negotiation.
It includes new, vibrant, and joyful works by last year’s featured artist, Mathias Hagen Maserati (Norway), alongside works by the rising star, Elnaz Javani (Iran), whose textile art examine relocation and personal identity, positioning sensitivity as strength. Cosmic sculptures by Chunkook Lee (South Korea) explore the tension between human presence and nature. In contrast, Russian contemporary artists Ustina Yakovleva, with bead-and-thread sculptures that evoke deep-water origins and interconnected histories, and Tatiana Chursina, with a triptych that reflects on emotional and ecological interdependence.
The exhibition invites reflection: Is my body a foreign place to me? Or has it become a site of understanding, negotiation, and home?
Elnaz Javani has been selected for Central Stage at ART CENTRAL 2026, a platform that highlights artists recently featured, currently participating, or soon to be presented in leading international exhibitions and recurring large-scale projects such as biennials and triennials. The program also recognizes artists distinguished by major public commissions and recent acquisitions by prominent museums and public institutions, underscoring their growing international recognition and institutional presence.
Curated by: Marina Baisel
ART CENTRAL 2026
21-29 MARCH 2026
BOOTH A18 , P3
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