Encounter with You on the Naked Earth

Gallery Reopening After COVID-19

Weekends in June and July 11 am - 7 pm

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Long time no see.

June 27, 2020 A.D., the 2020th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini designations, the 20th year of the 3rd millennium, the 20th year of the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2020s decade.

The year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We have been isolated with each other for almost three months in New York.

The earth is becoming the new “Naked Sun.” In The Naked Sun, Isaac Asimov imagines a planet where everyone is socially distancing from one another. They live separately, use holographic projections to communicate with each other and rely on robots to do chores. Face-to-face meeting with someone is considered dirty and dangerous.

Sounds familiar?

On the new "Naked Earth," some of us spend more time with families, some experiment to be a home chef, some become backyard gardener, some go out to donate PPEs and flowers, while some get new skills - virtual language learning, Zoom singing class, online game design class, writing, painting, 3D printing, voice recording...

Although we can get used to isolation, we still look forward to real interactions on the Naked Earth.

With a belief that "Every encounter is unique, once in a lifetime," Fou Gallery would like to meet you on the Naked Earth.

To step in the new planet, visitors need to schedule a time online, walk in the gallery and encounter with other visitors unexpectedly. Only 6 visitors are allowed every hour so it would be an intimate and spontaneous meeting after the long time social isolation. Masks and shoe covers are required to enter the gallery. We'll supply masks at the door if you forget to bring your own mask.

If our roses in the backyard blooms, welcome to take a branch back home.