Good Night, New York © Miao Jiaxin 4: Photo Group Show, features works by four Chinese-born, New York-based photographers – Zhang Wu, Miao Jiaxin, Zheng Yaohua and Wang Yiqun (whom I featured earlier in the week). The accompanying exhibition statement, Discomforting Anxieties, is a good read to find out more about the photographers and their [...]
Something odd to chase away the Monday blues for those of you half way around the world (it’s nearing midnight here). Wang Yiqun explores the boundary between beauty and horror with his photographs of faceless women in the series ‘My Beauty’. TOP TO BOTTOM. (from “My Beauty”) © Wang Yiqun From NetEase: Wang Yiqun’s works [...]
Shen Wei just updated his portfolio with a work-in-progress, containing a mixture of portraits, still life and landscapes. Forbidden City, Beijing (from “Chinese Sentiment”), 2008 © Shen Wei Lorence, Shanghai (from “Chinese Sentiment”), 2008 © Shen Wei “God”, Huaxi, Guizhou Province (from “Chinese Sentiment”), 2008 © Shen Wei I’m not so sure about the selection [...]
Frivolous is the first solo show for Beijing-based Zu Jing at CPU:798, featuring two ongoing series, ‘Taxi Legs’ and ‘Blow Up’. ‘Taxi Legs’ presents the artist’s legs as their landscape upon which various objects from the artist’s immediate possessions are placed for our analysis…For the series ‘Blow Up’ Zu Jing snaps moments from every day [...]
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 [...]
Depressing news from China circulating the media about the earthquake that struck Sichuan province earlier today. More than 12,000 people dead and many more still stuck under rubble. The government is seeking aid from the international community, while rescue teams continue battling storms to save survivors. (via Reuters)
The individual ceases to exist in Liu Bolin’s Hiding in the City series. TOP TO BOTTOM, Hiding in the City © Liu Bolin China is now in a paradox of adopting capitalist values and economic dreams which exist within an anachronistic communist framework. Within this context of a desperate leap towards a “modern” future, Bolin [...]
Cai Weidong’s works are infused with traditional and modern influences. In Landscapes and Substances, black and white photographs are heavily manipulated to mimic Chinese scroll paintings. TOP AND BOTTOM, Details 2 and 5, Landscapes and Substances, 2000 – 2004 © Cai Weidong He moved on to using mirrors in his photos, which I found to [...]
I’ve been wanting to post something about Tseng Kwong Chi, the Chinese photographer (actually from Hong Kong), who dressed up as a Chinese diplomat in the 80′s and got invited to all the cool parties by people who didn’t know otherwise. TOP TO BOTTOM, East Meets West © Tseng Kwong Chi Horses Think has posted [...]
Red Guards on Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 1966 © Weng Naiqiang Hop over to Lens Culture to view 60 photographs from China, spanning 1934 to 2008. This is hosted together with the world’s most comprehensive collection and overview of photography from China, currently exhibiting in Houston, Texas. [via Lens Culture]
