Jeudi 15 Janvier 2015 11:42:37 par actuphoto dans Expositions

http://www.m97gallery.com/exhibitions/?title=grassandleavescollection&utm_source=Media&utm_campaign=80629e18e2-ADOU+Leaves+of+Grass&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7ff8bfce7b-80629e18e2-237334853" is pleased to present “Leaves of Grass”, an exhibition of black-and-white gelatin silver Print s by Chengdu-based photographer Adou. This is Adou’s second solo exhibition at M97 Gallery. There will be a reception for the artist on Saturday January 24th from 4-6PM.

© Adou - Leaves and Grass n°93

In this new body of works, Adou invites the viewer to look at their feet and become reacquainted with nature. Like the eponymous poetry collection by Walt Whitman, Adou’s “Leaves of Grass” is an exaltation of the natural world and its interrelationship with humans. In close-up range and viewed from above, isolated from an invisible wider context, the natural elements carefully composed by Adou appear graphic, geometric, almost abstract.

© Adou - Leaves and Grass n°236

Adou’s photographs encourage the viewer to slow down their pace and gaze for a moment at the unexpected beauty growing from the mud. Disappointed by present-day society, and the rapid changes it encounters, the artist offers another possible path: a return to our roots, to the origins of life, and the power of nature.
Rather than a seeming departure from previous themes in the Adou’s work, “Leaves of Grass” reflects a gradual evolution in artist’s focus away from the human subject with respect to his two previous main bodies of work: “Samalada” (2006), the series of portraits of the Yi minority from Sichuan’s Daliang Mountain region, and “Adou” (2011), his collection of nude self-portraits in the expanse of remote landscapes.