Trevor Yeung and Dan Rees in Dual Exhibition at T293 Rome

Galleria T293 in Rome presents two concurrent solo shows: Trevor Yeung's 'The Nearest and the Farthest, the Clearest and the Darkest' and Dan Rees's 'Class Consciousness'. Yeung, who represented Hong Kong at the 60th Venice Biennale, debuts in Rome with installations blending mythology, ecology, and technology. His work 'Chaotic Suns' references the Chinese myth of Hou Yi, using three chandeliers with varying light intensities to symbolize existential precarity. 'Night Mushroom Colon' features electrical converters arranged like fungal colonies on the floor, exploring themes of community, isolation, and human control over nature. Rees, a Welsh artist, critiques class hierarchies and the art market. His 'Artex' series mimics the textured wall coating popular in 1960s-70s British council housing, now stigmatized, using oil paint to simulate its volumes and restore its dignity. The 'Impressions' are site-specific monochromatic acrylic paintings resembling Rorschach tests, parodying attempts at social categorization. Both artists address domestication of nature and form, with Rees's abstraction always deliberate and balanced.