Aniu views the world with a unique vision. He depicts the world and the modern Chinese society in a strange fantastical manner. Living and working in Shenzhen, he tries to capture the hidden reality permeating beneath the city. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Times of Fantasy“) © Aniu, 2000-2002 He has worked with several magazines and [...]
The amount of attention paid to details and effort behind the images by Chinese photographer Hong Hao is daunting. He spent years working on his project, Scriptures, where he rearranged maps based on different criteria. However, he is best known for his series, My Things. In this series of work, he scanned thousands of objects [...]
Shadi Ghadirian looks at the state of Iranian women, raising questions of how women are treated in society but with a healthy dose of dark humor. TOP, from (“Qajar“), MIDDLE, from (“Like Every Day“), BOTTOM, from (“Nil“) © Shadi Ghadirian, 1999-2007 In the first series, Qajar, she placed her female friends and modern objects within [...]
Yogyakarta-based artist Angki Purbandono’s Anonymous Project started during his three-month residency program at Cemeti Art House (Yogyakarta) and Arthoteek (Denhaag) in 2006. He collected old photographs purchased from secondhand stores and conducted research into the photos’ history. Next, he transformed this images into zinc-made neon boxes and attached a collection of found photos on them, [...]
Despite being all mysterious and having a weird name, the mus-mus team is looking for participants to take part in its experiment. On November 4th, 2008, Photographers around the world will make one single picture @600 (Internet Time). That’s 9:24 pm here (GMT +8) next Tuesday and if you are interested to be one of [...]
© Ch’ng Yaohong One word to describe the SIPF opening today – amazing! It’s hard to see so many good works congregated in one area especially in Singapore and I was literally blown away by the quality I saw. There were so many good works on show that it’s hard for me to single out [...]
Joel recently bagged the 27th UOB Painting of the Year competition with his body of work, Anatomical Fantasies of Meat. This generated quite a big wave of debate within our little island, where many felt that a photograph should not win the competition and that they are too grisly to be considered art. Parallels were [...]
Got this in my mail today for a visual art exhibition in New York. Unfortunately, I’m halfway across the globe! ChinaSquare Gallery New York is pleased to present Germinators, a group featuring Cao Jingping, Chen Wei, Li Jikai, Liao Yibai, Ma’chunfu, Qu Jiehen, Unmask, Wang Haiyang, Wang Tiantian, Wang Yaqiang, and Zhang Peng. Germinators includes [...]
Hiroe Kobayash photographs visual poetry. She says: It is said that photography performed from the heart captures the truth. My quest is to cast light on the yuragi filtered through the layers of my experience. The end result is a world of mystery, images that conjure up the sumi-e ink drawings of Chinese painting. TOP [...]
Ma Liang shoots intriguing set pieces that question our perception of reality and life’s many facets. He was one of China’s leading commercial directors before trading that life for photography. Since then, he has received international acclaim for his fantastical, albeit heavily edited works. Little Flagman, 2008 © Ma Liang Nostalgia, 2006 © Ma Liang [...]
