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Capsule is pleased to make its debut at Gallery Weekend Beijing with A User Guide, a solo exhibition by Tian Jianxin (b. 1994, Baoding, China). The exhibition will be on view from May 21 to May 31, 2026, at Room 201, Building A07, 798 Art District, Chaoyang District, Beijing.
How to use a rice cooker inner pot? First, place it on a workstation at a suitable height. Next, hammer it into a form of your liking. Finally, hang it on a wall where you see fit. The exhibition unfolds as Tian’s tongue-in-cheek manual for useless things.
The presentation brings together a group of sculptures by the artist in recent years. He salvages discarded domestic and industrial objects—rice cooker inner pots, former Soviet gasoline barrels, car hoods, herbal medicine scoops, mugs, dustpans, safety helmets, and more. His techniques are strikingly simple while the working process is intensely physical. Through hammering, collaging, and occasional localized coloration, faint bas-reliefs of faces and bodies…
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Capsule is pleased to make its debut at Gallery Weekend Beijing with A User Guide, a solo exhibition by Tian Jianxin (b. 1994, Baoding, China). The exhibition will be on view from May 21 to May 31, 2026, at Room 201, Building A07, 798 Art District, Chaoyang District, Beijing.
How to use a rice cooker inner pot? First, place it on a workstation at a suitable height. Next, hammer it into a form of your liking. Finally, hang it on a wall where you see fit. The exhibition unfolds as Tian’s tongue-in-cheek manual for useless things.
The presentation brings together a group of sculptures by the artist in recent years. He salvages discarded domestic and industrial objects—rice cooker inner pots, former Soviet gasoline barrels, car hoods, herbal medicine scoops, mugs, dustpans, safety helmets, and more. His techniques are strikingly simple while the working process is intensely physical. Through hammering, collaging, and occasional localized coloration, faint bas-reliefs of faces and bodies…
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