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 [...]
Based in Beijing, China, Li Wei embarked on his project, The Earth. Born in Hohot, Inner Mongolia, the project was an opportunity for him to travel across his homeland and document the different facets of life there. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“The Earth“) © Li Wei, 2008 It’s a curious place where modernity is mixed [...]
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 [...]
Born in Shanghai, Yijun Liao obtained an MFA in Memphis and now resides in Brooklyn. Her latest series, Stills from Unseen Films, is a tribute to films that she has not seen. She pretends that the images are from real films, characters lost in thought and acting in roles that exist only in her mind. [...]
Muge from Chengdu, China has some amazing portraits of strangers taken in the streets in his series, Silent. Set against the background of rapidly growing China, most of the images possess a melancholic feel; individuals lost in their seas of thoughts, trying to understand an absurd world. While the subjects’ contemplation seem to reach some [...]
I came upon Chen Wei’s jaw-dropping images while stumbling through a forum. His images bear the cinematic quality that seems to be garnering some popularity of late. In Chamber, I enjoyed the dark humor found in the well-lit and elaborate sets. While I’m starting to get tired of this style (think Crewdson), I can’t help [...]
Huang Xi/Haeesoo is a freelance photographer from Fuzhou, China. His series, Fang Fang Cyclopedia, focuses on the life and fantasy of a single subject – Fang Fang. It’s an act of documenting the meaningless activities of our lives to uncover hidden (and sometimes surprising) truths. The elements which built up the works have affinity to [...]
TOP TO BOTTOM, © Zhu Hao Zhu Hao’s images of the city are focused on the objects that we often walk pass unnoticed. As an acute and sensitive photographer, Zhu Hao is immersed in the so-called “intoxication evoked by the object being shot” (Jean Baudillard). With the help of photography, he has gone deeper and [...]
Liu Tong has some interesting work up on his site. His series, Dream/Life, is a surreal collection of black and white images. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Dream/Life“) © Liu Tong Unfortunately, the links on his site are not functioning now. However, images for the series can still be viewed via the directory listing.
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 [...]
