The light of Day - Han Leim97 Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of photography works by Beijing-based artist HAN Lei. The Light of Day exhibition features works from his acclaimed Portraits and Pagodas series, as well as new works from 2009. This is Han Lei’s first solo exhibition in Shanghai since 2004. |
Lu Guang exhibition opening at BeaugesteOn the 14th of October 2009, at the Asia Society in New York City, Lu Guang walked on the stage and received the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, becoming the 32nd recipient of one of world’s most prestigious photography awards and sharing the recognition with past great recipients like: Jane Evelyn Atwood, Eugene Richards, Sebastiao Salgado, John Vink, Jim Nachtwey and Paolo Pellegrin, etc.. For Lu Guang is a “war photographer”, but the difference wi... |
Chen Wei - PHOTOGRAPHY WORKS FROM 2007-2009m97 Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of color photography works by Hangzhou and Beijing based artist CHEN Wei (b. 1980). Drawing from new and recent works from 2007 through 2009, this is Chen Wei's first solo exhibition in Shanghai. |
Yang Yi, Li Jun, and Meng Jin & Fang ErIn Buddhism, the fundamental concept of "impermanence" teaches that all living and non-living objects are in an unrelenting constant state of change. Time, existence, and consciousness itself are nothing more than a series of eternally changing impermanent instants. For the unprecedented frenzy of development that is modern China there is perhaps no more fitting a metaphor than dust. It's a sign of the old world and a sign of the new world. A sign of the ubiquitous concrete high-ris... |
Sun Ji - Memory CityThe works in Sun Ji's "Memory City" are architectural collages that speak of urban transformation as destruction and displacement of the old must make way for the new; memories recreated that are both meant to be forgotten and remembered. In his first body of work "Memory City I", Sun Ji uses his camera to create hyperrealist collages of industrial landscapes, factory facades, water towers, smoke stacks and abandoned buildings that result in works of striking scale and for... |
Group Photography Exhibition - PARALLAXParallax is the effect whereby the distance between two objects appears to shift when viewed from different vantage points and can help determine an otherwise unknown distance. Following on this concept, the "Parallax" exhibition places together two or more works by each artist from different times in their career. Creating an imaginary sense of distance by juxtaposing photographs of different size, subject matter, and year of creation presents an opportunity for the viewer to see h... |
EXQUISITE CORPSE: China Surrealm97 Gallery Shanghai is pleased to present "EXQUISITE CORPSE: China Surreal", a dynamic group exhibition of photographic works. Co-curated by Mathieu Borysevicz and m97 Gallery, this exhibition uses the Surrealists' game of Exquisite Corpse as a means to explore the collective subconscious of contemporary Chinese artists through the medium of photography. Twenty emerging and established artists present uncanny images arranged in a delicately composed sequence of non-sequiturs that r... |
ZENG Han and YANG Changhong Soul Stealerm97 Gallery Shanghai is pleased to present "Soul Stealer," an exhibition of photographic works by Zeng Han and Yang Changhong. "Soul Stealer" is a mysterious four-part series of portraits and landscapes, evaluating a theatrical and spiritual connection of modern and traditional role play between characters in ancient Chinese operas and those of global popular culture. The Soul Stealer series are: Part I: "Landplay" (from Anshun, Guizhou Province), Part II: "... |
CHEN Chunlin Lessons Learned in One Daym97 Gallery Shanghai is pleased to present "Lessons Learned in One Day," the first solo exhibition of photographic works by Sichuan-based artist Chen Chunlin. "Lessons Learned in One Day" is a series of portraits taken over the course of several years all across China in an effort to study the changing "face" and appearance of contemporary Chinese society. From major metropolitan centers like Shanghai and Beijing to remote regions of Shaanxi Province and Yunnan P... |
James Whitlow Delano Empire: Impressions from Chinam97 Gallery is pleased to present "Empire: Impressions from China," a solo exhibition by James Whitlow Delano of his profound black-and-white images of China taken between 1994 and 2004. This award-winning, Tokyo-based American photographer has one of the most significant bodies of work about China's past 15 years by a foreign photographer. This vast body of work is catalogued in his book, Empire: Impressions of China, which won the 2005 Award of Excellence from Communication Arts. ... |
Liang Weizhou Scenery & Still Life Solo photography exhibitionm97 Gallery Shanghai is pleased to present Liang Weizhou's solo exhibition of photographic works in this new exhibition titled "Scenery & Still Life". The Shanghainese painter, most well known over the past fifteen years for his expressionist paintings, has been gaining critical acclaim and exposure for his new body of photography-based works. The exhibition begins on March 29, 2008, and m97 Gallery will hold an opening reception for the artist on Saturday March 29th from 4pm to... |
Howard French - Disappearing Shanghaim97 Gallery is pleased to announce "Disappearing Shanghai," a solo photography exhibition by American photographer and journalist Howard French. The exhibition runs from February 16 to March 21, 2008. |
Robert van der Hilst Shanghai 1990-1993m97 Gallery is pleased to announce "Shanghai: 1990-1993," a solo photography exhibition by Dutch photographer Robert van der Hilst. The exhibition runs from February 16 to March 21, 2008, and m97 Gallery will hold an opening reception for the artist on Saturday February 16th from 5pm to 8pm. |
Li Jun - Trappedm97 Gallery is pleased to present "Trapped", a solo photography exhibition of large color portraits by Chengdu-based photographer Li Jun. Li Jun's new "Trapped 2" color photographs are an extension from his first body of black-and-white portraits ("Trapped"), where the photographer documented the isolation and aspirations of amateur Sichuan Opera performers, often with characters in full dress exiting backstage, bringing a fleeting sense of emotion to the photog... |
Document / Portraitm97 Gallery is pleased to present "Document / Portrait", a group exhibition with works by 12 established as well as emerging photographers living or working in China. "Document / Portrait" will open on September 4, 2007, and there will be an opening reception for the artists on Saturday, September 8, 2007 at 5pm. "Document / Portrait" is a broad look at a diverse range of photographic styles and subject matter depicting the many faces and facets of China each illustrating various aspects of ... Lire la suite ![]() ![]() |
Zheng Nong Chemical Landscapem97 Gallery is pleased to present "Chemical Landscape", a solo photography exhibition by Beijing-based photographer Zheng Nong. "Chemical Landscape" is an experimental body of color photographs in which the artist has created virtual landscapes on film from the chemical reaction of exposing color film directly to light. The artist has deliberately broken the boundaries of the familiar viewfinder and experimented with more unconventional realms of the film plane resulting in surreal landscapes bl... Lire la suite ![]() ![]() |
Yan Cheng - Echo, Yan Changjiang - Zoo at Nightm97 Gallery is pleased to present "Theme: Park", two black-and-white solo photography exhibitions by Yan Cheng and Yan Changjiang. Yan Cheng's series of photographs titled "Echo" is a still reflection on the time-worn amusement parks in China's rust-belt city of Shenyang. Yan Changjiang's series "Zoo at Night" captures the freedom and confinement of wild creatures roaming the darkness in an animal park on the outskirts of Guangzhou. Without focusing on the public, both bodies of work are explora... Lire la suite ![]() ![]() |
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