"The Pluralistic Look of Chinese Contemporary Art Since the Mid-Nineties"
| Part III: Photographic
Works
Photography became a popular medium in the second half of the nineties. Of the artists working in photography, those worth noting include Wang Jingsong, Hong Lei, Qiu Zhijie, Xu Yihui, An Hong, Zhuang Hui, Zheng Guogu, Luo Yongjin, Liu Zheng, Mo Yi, Xu Xiaoyu. |
 Wang Jingsong
"The Model Family"
1996
Color Photo
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 Wang Jingsong
"The Model Family"
1996
Color Photo
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| In his work "The
Model Family", Wang Jingsong took over
200 photos of the ideal family in China today. The image of the two parent,
one child has become the model for the masses in today's China -- a product
of national ideology, as unique as it is complex.
Hong Lei's photographic works employ real flowers and real birds, arranged in compositions common in Song Dynasty imperial paintings and reflective of a highly refined aesthetic taste. Only, the birds Hong Lei in his works are photographs of dead birds. Their appearance infuses his works with a sense of chilling desolation, accurately reflecting a widespread sentiment of nostalgia among intellectuals faced with real or perceived obsolescence in the face of a popular culture run amuck. Zheng Guogu's works reflect a new artistic direction among artists born in the seventies. Incorporating shots of contemporary life, his works reflect a psyche unburdened with such cultural concerns. Continue with article...
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 Zhuang Hui
"Women in Public Bath"
1998
Photographic work
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