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From August 25 to October 28, UCCA presents the latest installment of the “New Directions” series, showing Taiwanese artist Musquiqui Chihying. This recent series of artworks, “I’ll Be Back,” comprises The Cultural Center, The Guestbook, The Mask, and The Sculpture. These grow from the artist’s sustained engagement with the history of Sino-African encounters, from Ming-era explorer Zheng He’s voyage to what is now Kenya, to Zhou Enlai’s diplomatic visits to ten recently decolonized African states. Through these cases, the artist pushes back against the simplistic, dyadic narrative of European …