Eternal Flame
- Sun Yao
- Oct 5, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 27
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Exhibition Period: October 5, 2023 – January 6, 2024
Address: Galerie Shanghai, Herrnstraße 13, 80539 Munich, Germany (S-Bahn Isartor od. U3/U6 Marienplatz)
Sun Yao’s solo exhibition “Eternal Flame” was presented at the Galerie Shanghai from October 5, 2023, to January 6, 2024. Sun was re-invited to present his works at the gallery’s new location at Isartor.
This exhibition brought together 15 captivating artworks, including Sun’s latest series “Eternal Flame,” alongside select pieces from the acclaimed series “Skyline” and “Neverland.”
Preface
Fire, in fragments of Heraclitus’s work, is described as the source of the world, a force of fundamentality.
Flame is a metaphor of the world we exist and live in. It is a creator and destroyer. It is hope and death. It goes around and comes around. We are the “living flame”, because life is a flame in a glimpse. Its inevitable destiny is to flame up and fade out. Yet, an inner flame can evoke one’s soul and burn forever.
The world rises from the flame. It can be tranquil and vibrant. The light clashes the darkness. It lives and diminishes. In Eternal Flame series, the world is in an endless cycle of creation and annihilation, a perpetual movement hidden in the circle of life.
