Can Thought Go on Without a Body?

Lorenzo Amos, Stephen Deffet, Rafael Domenech, Alice Gong Xiaowen, Xingzi Gu, Sihan Guo, Yasmine Anlan Huang, Sizhu Li, Xinyi Liu, Naomi Nakazato, Shinoh Nam, Ren Light Pan, Em Rooney, Abed Elmajid Shalabi, Tianyi Sun, Naoki Sutter Shudo, Dexter Vandersall, Eric Veit, Yi Chengtao, Meng Zhou

Stilllife is delighted to present the third edition of StillShow. This year's show, themed Can Thought Go on Without a Body?, presents curated artworks from 20 emerging artists from diverse backgrounds, featuring paintings, sculptures, and installations that delve into the complexities of human experience and intellect.

Can Thought Go on Without a Body? is a group show that illuminates artificial intelligence's dissipation of human subjectivities, bringing together artists who collectively engage with the themes of retrospection and introspection as a response to the displacement of humanity in the AI era. It provides a contemplative space to reflect on human identity, and invites viewers to consider what remains uniquely human in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.

The third edition of StillShow will take over the entire four-level building at 54 Crosby Street, a landmark location in SoHo with a rich artistic heritage. Previously the studio of Arturo di Modica—the sculptor behind Wall Street’s famous Charging Bull—provides an inspiring backdrop that bridges historical creativity with contemporary innovation.

The show features a group of 20 emerging artists, most based in New York City and born in the 1990s or later, each with unique approaches to contemporary art. Their practices span a range of mediums—French, Japanese, and American artist Naoki Sutter-Shudo (b. 1990) explores dichotomies of East and West, nature and artifice, systems and irrationality with carefully constructed conceptual objects with shrewd conceptual flourishes; Palestinian Israeli artist Abed Elmajid Shalabi (b. 1991) creates sculptures incorporating street signs that feature both English and Arabic script; Lorenzo Amos (b. 2002) offers a fresh perspective on American iconography through his oil paintings inspired by New York; while Ren Light Pan (b. 1991) incorporates her background in video art to queer the ink medium with intimately vulnerable works on canvas.

StillShow is a signature event hosted by Stilllife in New York (May) and Shanghai (November) as a satellite show during major art weeks in both cities. Founded in 2022, Stilllife, is a next-generational hybrid art hub bridging the East and West cultural scenes. As a community-led global art initiative, StillShow showcases exceptional works by emerging artists and aims to shape the future art world. It fosters connections among artists, galleries, and the public across cultures, integrating disciplines like fashion, culinary arts, and broader cultural elements, with fine art at its core.