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M+, Hong Kong. Gift of Guan Yi, 2013, © Xu Zhen
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Xu Zhen 徐震
We are Right Back 我們馬上回來
2001
We are Right Back depicts a couple on a boat, touching each other and taking items out of their pockets. Xu Zhen avoids showing the pair’s faces, centring instead on the view from the waist down. The viewer is left to draw conclusions about the gender identity of the two figures—should we assume that the person who holds lipstick and a compact mirror is a woman? With playful ambiguity, Xu prompts a critical reflection on social norms related to gender expression and behaviour.
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