MAYAO is pleased to announce ZHU Tao’s solo exhibition 《20260321》. Join us at the opening reception from 4:30 - 6:30 PM on 21 March, to regain the original purpose of ‘arriving’ in an era increasingly marked by disorientation. Below is an excerpt by the curator:

One afternoon in December 2025, I visited Zhu Tao and had the privilege of seeing all of his manuscripts. I remember sitting in his study that day, looking through them one by one. Time seemed to freeze at a certain moment that afternoon. My body was in a small village somewhere in Tai Mei Tuk, Hong Kong, and the sky outside gradually darkened. Yet those vivid images carried me to different places. These images are the footprints of Zhu Tao.

We chose the exhibition opening date—20260321—as the title of the exhibition, to represent the number of steps he has taken. These steps are not empty data; they are the traces of a person using his own body to experience different spaces and landscapes. In Zhu Tao’s manuscripts, what I see is not merely scenery, but cities with different temperaments and atmospheres. One feels present within them. I can almost smell those places: Venice soaked in sunlight, rain-drenched Kyoto, the wind-blown landscapes of Qinghai beneath a blazing sun, and Greece where the air carries the salt of the sea and the wind is filled with its scent.

CURATOR: Lí WEI

Opening reception: 4:30 - 6:30 PM, 21 Mar, Saturday

Gallery address: 10/F, Derrick Industrial Building, Wong Chuk Hang