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From 7 December 2025, the CSR.ART Contemporary Show Room will present the first solo exhibition by Berlin-based artist Mo Ganji. Under the title ALMOST LOST | 幾乎遺失, CSR.ART will show a selection of 70 works from Ganji’s single-line series depicting 250 endangered or already extinct life forms. The essentialist works are executed on standard Post-it notes, a medium intended for important notes. For Ganji, it becomes a reminder of what is almost overlooked or even already lost. At the same time, by reducing his medium to a single line, Ganji questions the connection between all beings.
Ganji’s solo show in Berlin takes place parallel to the presentation of his complete 8th work group with 250 motifs at the MOORDN Art Fair in Guangzhou (China). The impressive complete work ALMOST LOST | 幾乎遺失 comprises 250 motifs in 99 work groups of hand-drawn serial unique pieces. The work groups are part of the overarching work theme CORE | 核心 | LIFELINE | 生命線.
Accompanying this, CSR.ART is showing the Düsseldorf painter Xianwe Zhu in the window cabinet with his iconic series Little Gentleman and a selection of his inner landscapes. The artist, who grew up in China, builds a bridge to Mo Ganji with his Daoist approach. The exhibition will be on display until 24 January 2026 at the CSR.ART location in BIKINI BERLIN.
The line as essence
As a representative of essentialism, Mo Ganji has been working for many years with the reduced form of single-line drawing, in which each figure is created from a single, unbroken line. The work focuses on entities that represent fragility, endangerment and the fundamental interconnectedness of all life forms. The exhibition ALMOST LOST | 幾乎遺失 at CSR.ART shows 70 selected motifs of different species that can be found on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). 42,000 species worldwide have been classified there with their …
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Image above: Mo Ganji, African Forest Elephant | Afrikanischer Waldelefant | Loxodonta cyclotis, 2025, Drawing pen on Post-It paper, 7,5 x 7,5 cm | 2.9 x 2.9 in, certified, dated, signed and numbered on the reverse, serial unique artwork, No. 001/250 (unique variant) from work group 8/99, WV|CR ART 0004251, © 360degrees.art
