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Civilization: The Way We Live Now presents more than 250 works by over 120 of the world’s most renowned photographic artists, >> Read more

Emerging after the Cultural Revolution, Chinese contemporary photography has more than forty years of history. This exhibition is divided into four sections: “The Rise of Unofficial Photography (1976–1979)”, “New Wave Photography (1980-1989)”, “Experimental Photography (1990-2006)”, and “The Development of Experimental Photography Organizations (2007-present) ” >> Read more

“Grain” to “pixel” describes an arc of time stretching back almost one hundred years and that marks a period in which photography entered China as a phenomenon and was transformed. >> Read more

Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum presents Contemporary Photography in China 2009 – 2014. Featuring photography, installation and video works by 52 artists/art collectors, the exhibition intends to present a big picture of the development of contemporary photography in China. >> Read more

As the title suggests, open exhibition refers to an indefinite theme, freedom to choose mediums for image, and no curators; artists participate freely for impromptu autonomous creation and presentation within a specified time and space, to highlight the non-mainstream and uncertainty. >> Read more

Credit must be given to the Met, as the exhibition’s wide selection of works allows many unfamiliar Chinese names exposure on an institutional level in the West. Nonetheless, this raises a side issue as well—some of the works exhibited have little relevance to the themes they serve and thus the exhibition sometimes wanders off topic. >> Read more

A winter walk through some of the galleries in Caochangdi art district, perusing the shows.
 
 
 
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A look at the first exhibition at Star Gallery's new warehouse space — a performance-based show that aims to rethink the medium. >> Read more