“Those who are truly contemporary, who truly belong to their time, are those who neither perfectly coincide with it nor adjust themselves to its demands. They are thus in this sense irrelevant. But precisely because of this condition, precisely through this disconnection and this anachronism, they are more capable than others of perceiving and grasping their own time. Naturally, this noncoincidence, this “dys-chrony,” does not mean that the contemporary is a person who lives in another time…”
(Giorgio Agamben – What Is the Contemporary?)
Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum is pleased to present NO LONGER / NOT YET exhibition which is curated by Alessandro Michele, the new creative director of Gucci, and Katie Grand, the publisher of British style magazine LOVE on October 17th. To open a discussion about what contemporary really means, artists from different fields are invited to provide their own interpretations of “No Longer and Not Yet” through various perspectives and art installations. The unique experience embodies the new contemporary vision of Gucci.
