ShanghART Gallery participates in Photofairs 2017, Shanghai from August 9 through October 9, 2017.Working closely together with over 40 artists, ShanghART regularly participates in the major international art fairs and collaborates with important art institutions in China and from all over the world. The names of the participating artists include Birdhead, CHEN Wei, Chen Xiaoyun, HU Jieming, Jiang Pengyi, SHI Yong, XIANG Liqing, ZHANG Qing and Robert Zhao Renhui. Photofair is Asia Pacific’s leading contemporary art fair dedicated to both moving image and photography. This is the fourth edition of the fair.Birdhead is a photographic collective founded in 2004, consisting of Ji Weiyu (Chinese, born 1980) and Song Tao (Chinese, born 1979). The duo had graduated from the Shanghai Arts and Crafts School while Ji also studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. Ji and Song live and work in Shanghai.Jiang Pengyi (b. 1977), Yuanjiang, Hunan Province is best known for his work“Everything Illuminates” series. It was created by pouring a mixture of wax and fluorescent pigment onto objects and photographing the substance using a long exposure. Later the objects’ original functions are erased, leaving the viewer with a sense of destruction.The exhibition will be on view at Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, 1000 Yan`an Rd. (near Tongren Rd.), Shanghai. For details, visit, http://photofairs.orgClick on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.
↧