Paths Unseen
Aranya Art Center•May 27, 2025 — Nov 23, 2025
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Aranya Art Center North is pleased to present Paths Unseen, a solo exhibition by Chinese artist Vivien Zhang, featuring paintings, maquettes, and archival material based on butterfly map projections.
The butterfly is a frequently recurring motif in Vivien Zhang’s recent work. The shape originates from the butterfly projection method devised by Bernard J.S. Cahill in 1909. Due to its more accurate representation of land area, this octahedral map projection—which unfolds the Earth into the shape of a butterfly—is regarded as a visual solution that is more geopolitically neutral to regional politics and provides us with an alternative logic for understanding the world.
Map projections are often seen as “husks” of the Earth, while the butterfly’s skin carries a more profound metaphor: butterflies mimic each other’s patterns to evade predators, and some species undertake intergenerational migrations for...More
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Paths Unseen
Aranya Art Center•May 27, 2025 — Nov 23, 2025
Press Release
Aranya Art Center North is pleased to present Paths Unseen, a solo exhibition by Chinese artist Vivien Zhang, featuring paintings, maquettes, and archival material based on butterfly map projections.
The butterfly is a frequently recurring motif in Vivien Zhang’s recent work. The shape originates from the butterfly projection method devised by Bernard J.S. Cahill in 1909. Due to its more accurate representation of land area, this octahedral map projection—which unfolds the Earth into the shape of a butterfly—is regarded as a visual solution that is more geopolitically neutral to regional politics and provides us with an alternative logic for understanding the world.
Map projections are often seen as “husks” of the Earth, while the butterfly’s skin carries a more profound metaphor: butterflies mimic each other’s patterns to evade predators, and some species undertake intergenerational migrations for...More
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