Capsule Shanghai is pleased to present Daniel Chen's first solo exhibition “Flowers in the Mirror”, on view from January 10th until February 25th, 2022. The show takes its title from the Qing-Dynasty supernatural-fantasy (Mohuan Zhiguai) novel, in which the main protagonists travel by boat tofantasized lands, including the Women’s Kingdom (Nv’er Guo) with tales of women making their way in the imperial court. The novel celebrates the talents of female figures and challenges the constraints of gender traditions of the time. Adapting the same title for his debut exhibition, Chen intends to challenge the history of abstraction as a Chinese American painter.
