The Exhibition “Mirror” Continues Saint Laurent’s Cultural Programming Through Photography, Intimacy, And Contemporary Art
Saint Laurent Rive Droite Beijing is launching its first official exhibition with “Mirror,” a presentation of works by Chinese artist duo Liu Ke and Huang Huang running from May 8 to May 29.
The exhibition marks a new step in Saint Laurent’s broader cultural positioning strategy, extending the Rive Droite concept — originally developed under creative director Anthony Vaccarello as a platform for art, design, music, and experimental retail — into mainland China through a locally rooted artistic collaboration.
Based in Chengdu, Liu Ke and Huang Huang work across photography, installation, and performance, exploring themes of intimacy, perception, and interpersonal relationships through long-term collaborative practice. Their work often blurs the line between documentation and emotional inquiry, using repetition and ritual to examine the evolving dynamics of shared experience.
At the center of the exhibition is “Mirror,” a photographic project developed over a two-year period between January 2017 and December 2018. The series emerged from the artists’ own relationship as both life partners and creative collaborators, following more than fifteen years of working together.
The project consists of 730 photographic works — totaling 1,460 images — created through a daily process in which the artists photographed one another, merged the images, and sealed each work with the corresponding date. Structured as an ongoing visual exchange, the series reflects the passage of time, emotional proximity, and the shifting boundaries between self and other.
Through this repetitive process, photography becomes both a record and a mechanism of communication. The resulting works create what the artists describe as an evolving visual language built through observation, reconstruction, and rediscovery.
Liu Ke and Huang Huang have previously exhibited at institutions including the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Chengdu Contemporary Image Museum, the Asian Art Museum of Photography, and the Jimei × Arles International Photo Festival. Their works are also held in several public collections, and “Mirror” received the 11th Three Shadows Photography Award in 2019.
The Beijing exhibition reinforces Saint Laurent’s ongoing investment in cultural programming tied to contemporary art and photography, an area that has become increasingly central to the brand’s identity under Vaccarello. Through its Rive Droite spaces in Paris, Los Angeles, and now Beijing, Saint Laurent has increasingly positioned retail environments as multidisciplinary cultural platforms rather than traditional luxury boutiques.
All works included in the exhibition will be available for purchase.