Mirroring, generally interpreted as reflecting, has been featured in Aristotle’s notion of “friendship” with auxiliary attribute. Aristotle delineated “friendship” as friends hold a mirror up to each other; through that mirror, they can see each other in ways that would not otherwise be accessible to them. To be noteworthy, it is the kind of reciprocal mirroring without patronizing one another.

Derived from pivotal war age, “Red Classics” is accompanying with prominently revolutionary spirit and historical aspects. Although both of its content and concept show a conspicuous incongruence with Chinese Contemporary art, the dialogue could still spark between those two different subjects due to their combined attribute as art as modes of artistic expression and reflector of social change. This exhibition discreetly circumvents the comparison that could lead to dichotomy; instead, it is taking place within the framework of reciprocity. Through cross-referencing one another and tracing some key features, it delves in achieving a pathway to reponder our current social and cultural milieu, along with the new artistic pattern with diversity and dynamics.