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Exhibition | Buxton Contemporary

Poetry goes no further than language: A historical moment of art becoming art again

i feel orange 薑是一種感覺

29 Sept – 30 Sept 2026 7:30pm

Conceptualism and China

2 Oct 2026, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

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People enter and exit a modern brick art gallery at dusk. A digital billboard above the entrance reads, The same crowd never gathers twice. The building is labeled Buxton Contemporary with illuminated signage.

Open Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm

Free entry

Collection

A print of a figure in a red skirt, red sweater and a red mask walking down a path in greyscale.
Irregularly shaped wooden sculptures with text engraved, lined up across a gallery floor.
A colorful, abstract depiction of overlapping rectangular rooms with vibrant walls and wooden floors, set against a green, swampy landscape with dark trees and a black sky.
A neon sign of an emu stands in front of a British flag, with the birds beak holding red and blue neon letters “U” "S" “A.”.
A clear vase on top of a single stand table, in front of a white sculpture.
Painting of a man with red pants with sharp rocks protruding from his side, in front of a grey rocky landscape.
Painting of a dark skinned woman with long dark hair, with paintings of people lining up on her body, in front of a light blue and brown pattern backdrop.
A still image of a man in a black puffer coat with grey hair and a long beard, standing in the middle of a crossing, with distorted images on either side of the frame of people walking.
Painting on a square canvas divided into four tiles (orange, brown and two blue tiles), with the words 'ROOM WITH MY SOUL LEFT OUT' on the top right corner blue tile.
Painting of two figures stretching in a museum with colonial reenactment scene exhibits in the background.
Installation in a white cube gallery, with various projections on objects on top of a large white table.
Print of a section of the earth from space overlayed with a photograph of a person and a painting of a building in a landscape.

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