An exhibition entitled "Rituals of Signs and Metamorphosis" has opened at Beijing's Red Brick Art Museum. The exhibition presents works by ten renowned artists from different corners of the Asian continent and explores different types of metamorphosis. Shen Li reports.

This poetic journey leads us to question the certainty of narratives, provokes reflections and ideas, and sparks the desire to seek out divinatory signs.

According to its curator Tarek Abou El Fetouh, "Rituals of Signs and Metamorphosis" aims to create a collective dialogue in a space where various critical and methodological approaches converge to shift rigid patterns of perception and induce intuitive ones.

The journey begins with Anish Kapoor's installation Descension, a giant pool of spiralling water. It confronts the audience with a perpetual force that pulls downward into an unknowable depth. Director of the Red Brick Art Museum says installing the pool was quite a challenge.

YAN SHIJIE CURATOR, RED BRICK ART MUSEUM "Because of the geographical conditions here, we have to calculate carefully to put the installation in place, without damaging the museum structure or the underground sewage system. Fortunately, we have a very professional team and the result as you can see is stunning."

The exhibition also sees Kora created by artist Jawshing Arthur Liou from Taiwan. In Kora, Liou documents his pilgrimage in Tibet, in a quest for sanctuary following the death of his young daughter Vivian from leukemia in 2007. For Liou, bringing this installation to Beijing completes the circle.

Other installations include Tightrope, a video by artist Taus Makhacheva. It features a tightrope walker crossing a canyon in the highlands of the Caucasus Mountains, using copies of artwork by various Dagestani artists as a balancing pole. Through this risky action, Makhacheva comments on the precarious situation of museums and artists around the world, using intriguing images of artwork that seems out of place, in strong contrast to the captivating and vast landscape. The exhibition runs until April 7th, 2019 at the Red Brick Art Museum. SL, CGTN.