M97 is pleased to present And All The Sounds Are Still, an exhibition of new work by Hangzhou-based mixed media artist Shao Wenhuan. The exhibition will open on September 6 and run through October 25, 2015. An opening reception with the artist will be held on Sunday September 6 from 2:00 to 5:00 PM at M97 Gallery [97 Moganshan Road 2nd Floor]. This is the artist’s first exhibition at M97.
FAN Ho: Afternoon Chat (1959) Vintage silver gelatin print. 34x48cm－Unique.
Spanning the entire gallery space, Shan Wenhuan’s “And All The Sounds Are Still” exhibition features new painting and photographic works on canvas and silk, as well as small installation and video works. In this now post-analog era where the ubiquity of images and photography makes us question the uniqueness of photography, the viewer is forced to reassess and reevaluate what it is that we consider a photograph or photographic art. The mixed media artworks of Shao Wenhuan address this continuing dialogue head on with both an embracement and subversion of the core elements of what most consider “photographic”. Shao’s artworks would argue, it seems, that the very delicate, controlled nature of what we consider a photograph is absurd in this post-analog age.
Shao Wenhuan (b.1971) studied at the China Academy of Art, where he earned a degree in Mixed Media and Painting in 2004 and a Master of Fine Arts in Mixed Media in 2010. In addition, Shao studied at the École National des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, France, in 2003 and 2004. He now teaches at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou.
