Kexin Hao's Anatomical Installation at Stedelijk Museum

The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam showcases the seventh iteration of Post/No/Bills, featuring Kexin Hao's installation 'Anatomy of Obstruction'. Hao reimagines the corridor encircling the museum's historic staircase as a metaphorical body, adorning its niches with oversized, hand-drawn murals of internal organs, including intestines, lungs, liver, stomach, and kidneys. These organs symbolize institutional systems of filtration, regulation, and legitimation, while the bodily disorders reflect resistance and dissent. As visitors navigate from one organ to another, they explore the dynamics of power construction and obstruction. Beginning with anatomical drawings, Hao scales her work to fit the corridor's niches, starting with 'Rebuttal from Within' at the anus. This exhibition continues the Post/No/Bills series, encouraging artistic engagement with the museum's architecture and history.