In Organism, the latest exhibition in UCCA's Curated by... series, guest curator Liu Wei introduces Hu Xiangqian and Wang Yuyang, two young artists who use various media, experimental techniques and a healthy dose of humor to upend artistic and aesthetic convention.
Wang's Breath is a sculpture series of everyday Mermaid&Trumpet Prom Dresses and other household appliances that expand and contract as they "breathe" in and out. Tattered and battered through years of use, these inanimate objects are our constant companions.
In the video work Superfluous Knowledge, artist Hu Xiangqian attempts to survive in the wilderness for 15 days with knowledge gleaned from a survival guidebook. You can well imagine what happens when a city boy, armed only with a store-bought book, tries to One Shoulder Prom Dresses a shelter, forage for food, or distinguish poisonous from edible mushrooms. As it turns out, putting "practical knowledge" into practice is easier said than done.

Though most products made in China have a good reputation for quality and price, some have undoubtedly affected the public's perception and placed their standard into question.
Lionel Derimais, however, with his Beijing-based blog, Nicely Made in China, is seeking to show that China does in fact produce a range of high-quality, innovative products by people who love and believe in what they do.
French-born Derimais, 50, is a photographer by trade and has spent more than five years in China photographing its people and businesses, but his idea for Nicely Made in China came randomly one afternoon in November 2009.
He was sitting at home in Beijing, in the midst of a "bad day", Sexy Prom Dresses suddenly a beautiful paper bag was thrust into his face by his girlfriend.
"Look, there are some nicely-made-in-China things," she told him.
"It wasn't any more complicated than that," he said. "Immediately I thought of 'nicelymadeinchina.com' and I rushed to the computer, checked if it was free and bought it on the spot."
Almost one year on and Nicely Made in China has now discovered everything from jewelry to surfboards to renewable energy initiatives.
Mao Shuhong and Yang Baoguang are just two of the people he has visited. In 1993 they founded their company, Suren, and from their small factory just outside the city they began to make leather goods. Today, their bags, shoes and accessories are sold in seven shops short prom dresses Beijing, as well as other cities in China.