Li Jun
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China : True or real 50 - Private
Dans la Chine contemporaine, la confusion entre les notions de “vrai” et de “faux”, “réalité” et “apparence”, spécifiques à la photographie, se propage dans la vie de tous les jours. Nous avons souvent l’impression d’être confrontés à une “réalité” tellement illusoire, ambigüe, inattendue, que nous doutons non seulement de notre perception mais aussi de notre capacité d’interprétation.
[...] Sans doute le geste de capturer et de délimiter certains aspects du monde qui les entoure – même en utilisant un procédé fictif et illusoire comme la photographie – donne aux photographes chinois un point de départ pour e... - Exposition
Yang Yi, Li Jun, and Meng Jin & Fang Er
In 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-rise block and cavernous construction site. A sign of the demolished lanes and dwellings of ancient architecture, as well as a sign of pollution and an insatiable industrial appetite. In China, dust is the ever-looming particulate by-product of the physical metamorphosis that envelops the entire country and its people. For photography a... - Exposition
Li Jun - Trapped
m97 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 photographer's works and the lives of his subjects. Li Jun's "Trapped 2" color photographs further explores the sentiment and isolation of the individual trapped within the many layers of society and the human condition. Unlike other approaches to portraiture, Li Jun's photographs do not portray the expression of the face, but fo...
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Dans la Chine contemporaine, la confusion entre les notions de “vrai” et de “faux”, “réalité” et “apparence”, spécifiques à la photographie, se propage dans la vie de tous les jours. Nous avons souvent l’impression d’être confrontés à une “réalité” tellement illusoire, ambigüe, inattendue, que nous doutons non seulement de notre perception mais aussi de notre capacité d’interprétation.
[...] Sans doute le geste de capturer et de délimiter certains aspects du monde qui les entoure – même en utilisant un procédé fictif et illusoire comme la photographie – donne aux photographes chinois un point de départ pour e...
In 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-rise block and cavernous construction site. A sign of the demolished lanes and dwellings of ancient architecture, as well as a sign of pollution and an insatiable industrial appetite. In China, dust is the ever-looming particulate by-product of the physical metamorphosis that envelops the entire country and its people. For photography a...
m97 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 photographer's works and the lives of his subjects. Li Jun's "Trapped 2" color photographs further explores the sentiment and isolation of the individual trapped within the many layers of society and the human condition. Unlike other approaches to portraiture, Li Jun's photographs do not portray the expression of the face, but fo...