Is the largest exhibition of her work ever seen in Australia Cao Fei brings the energy of the contemporary metropolis into the Art Gallery of New South Wales with a retrospective that includes two new commissions.

Cao was recently voted one of the most influential artists in the world. Born in Guangzhou in 1978 and based in Beijing she has documented Chinas rapid urbanization and digital revolutions for over two decades. Her acclaimed films photography and large-scale installations offer thrilling encounters with the disorienting quick-fire transformations of the new millennium. My City is Yours is an invitation into a world of neon street dance and pop music a city both familiar and warped real and virtual. Enter the exhibition via a replica 1960s Beijing cinema foyer and exit through a homage to a popular Sydney yum cha restaurant. Designed by the artist and Beau Architects of Hong Kong the exhibition takes the form of a cityscape. Its a space of play and self-reinvention where cosplayers and hip-hop dancers take over sidewalks in Fukuoka and New York. Its a city of screens and pixels mediated by gaming technologies VR and the metaverse. Its a city under construction where neighbourhoods are razed overnight and workers compete for jobs with robots.