Opening Reception

Edge-White Works draws inspiration from the cement workers and street cleaners who shape and maintain the everyday surfaces of New York City.

Arriving in New York in 1987, Cai embraced the conviction that art can emerge from anywhere. In the 1990s she began to look closely at the city’s overlooked surfaces—cement sidewalks, subway walls, and weathered buildings. Their erosion, texture, and material presence became the ground of her inquiry.