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• China, Contemporary, Photography

  Zhu Hao

  07.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  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 deeper […]

• Philippines, Contemporary, Photography

  Miguel Nacianceno

  06.15.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Filipino photographer, Miguel Nacianceno, shoots in a cool detached manner that adds another dimension to his subjects.
  In Carnival, he explores the themes of nostalgia, beauty and emotional authenticity.
  The surreal and manufactured place served as backdrops to real human emotion. Since carnivals almost always pack up and build some place else, I also felt like capturing […]

• Exhibitions, China, Contemporary, Photography

  4

  06.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  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 works.
  Exhibition details:
  4: Photo […]

• China, Contemporary, Photography

  Wang Yiqun

  06.09.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  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 are full of narrative arrangements. […]

• China, Contemporary, Photography

  Shen Wei: Chinese Sentiment

  06.04.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  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 of images at the moment but it […]

• China, Contemporary, Photography

  CPU:798 - Zu Jing

  06.03.08 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  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 […]

• Hong Kong, Contemporary, Photography

  anothermountainman

  06.01.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  anothermountainman / Stanley Wong is a talented photographer/designer/film director/creative director (the list goes on…) from Hong Kong. In his widely known redwhiteblue series, he examines the role of the ubiquitous red, white and blue tarpaulin material in our daily lives; as bags, shelters, covers, etc.
  Spanning almost two decades, the work poses questions on the […]

• China, Art, Contemporary, Photography

  Ma Liang / Maleonn

  05.19.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  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

  Book of Taboo, 2005
  © Ma […]

• Japan, Contemporary, Photography

  Mamoru Tsukada

  05.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  In the world of Mamoru Tsukada, photography exists as a medium to relate himself to the world and its invisible structures. In Spectre, the subject matter is not apparent at first glance - we see bold splashes of color, abstract shapes…

  TOP TO BOTTOM, Spectre, 2006
  © Mamoru Tsukada
  He explains:
  “The new works ‘SPECTER’ have been created using […]

• China, Contemporary, Photography

  Liu Bolin

  04.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  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 suggests the disintegration […]

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