You Can’t Step In the Same Room Twice
Capsule•Jan 17, 2026 — Feb 28, 2026
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Capsule is pleased to present Gao Yuan’s (b. 1986 in Kunming, China; lives and works in Beijing) in third solo exhibition at the gallery, You Can’t Step In the Same Room Twice, featuring the artist’s latest paintings alongside archival materials from her recent years of practice. The exhibition opens on January 17, 2026 and runs through February 28.
In this group of acrylic paintings on paper, Gao Yuan constructs interior spaces with such precision and detail that they seem less imagined than remembered. They must be real rooms, inhabited by real people, or so the viewer infers. Cat bowls tucked beneath a cabinet, iodine swabsticks left on the coffee table, paint stains accumulated on the easel, an ashtray by the computer overflown with a bouquet of cigarette butts… Every trace of use and care gestures toward the absent dweller. The allure of lived-in spaces lies precisely in what they reveal about their occupants’ routines and te…
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You Can’t Step In the Same Room Twice
Capsule•Jan 17, 2026 — Feb 28, 2026
Press Release
Capsule is pleased to present Gao Yuan’s (b. 1986 in Kunming, China; lives and works in Beijing) in third solo exhibition at the gallery, You Can’t Step In the Same Room Twice, featuring the artist’s latest paintings alongside archival materials from her recent years of practice. The exhibition opens on January 17, 2026 and runs through February 28.
In this group of acrylic paintings on paper, Gao Yuan constructs interior spaces with such precision and detail that they seem less imagined than remembered. They must be real rooms, inhabited by real people, or so the viewer infers. Cat bowls tucked beneath a cabinet, iodine swabsticks left on the coffee table, paint stains accumulated on the easel, an ashtray by the computer overflown with a bouquet of cigarette butts… Every trace of use and care gestures toward the absent dweller. The allure of lived-in spaces lies precisely in what they reveal about their occupants’ routines and te…
