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It may seem a viewpoint that's difficult to buy into given China’s tumultuous history, but contemporary art scene watchers often argue that the last forty years in the country has arguably been the most culturally dynamic and rapidly evolving in its history.
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Themes of dislocation and displacement in contemporary photography will be explored in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's forthcoming exhibition
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A keen observer and critic of China's urban development, the Chinese photographer Weng Fen is known for his body of work that conveys
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Over the past 10 years photography by Chinese artists has received more flattering attention by U.S. museums than perhaps at any time in our history.
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Fen Weng (b. 1979, Hainan Province, China) graduated from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China (1984) and lives and works in Haikou, China.
Themes of transformation, globalization, boundaries, and migration permeate the imagery of Chinese photographer Weng Fen. In his understated pictures, vast, blue skies are predominately featured, and his compositions typically consist of an individual or small group of people, their backs to the camera, looking upon rising cityscapes, large bodies of water, or utopic natural landscapes, their bodies dwarfed by the scale and magnitude of their surroundings, whether that be human technology or nature’s wonder. As such, Weng conveys his ideals and hopes for contemporary China, its migrants, workers, children, and families.
Recent solo exhibitions include: “Likeness of the Otherness – Weng Fen Solo Exhibition”, Li Space, Beijing, China (2010), “Experimentalism – A Solo Exhibition of Weng Fen”, White Box Museum, Beijing, China (2010), “Fataurbana – Weng Fen”, Centrum Kultury ZAMEK, Poznan, Poland (2009) Recent group exhibitions include: “M+ Sigg Collection Exhibition: Four Decades of Chinese Contemporary Art”, ArtisTree, M+ Museum, Hong Kong, China (2016), “The Suggestive Wheel: An Era of Metaphors”, Box Art Space of OCT Harbour, Shenzhen, China (2016), “M+ Sigg Collection: Chinese Art from 1970 to now runs”, The Whitworth, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (2015), “Transcendence”, SOHO FUXING, Shanghai, China (2015), “Staging Encounters: Ten Years of Contemporary Photography in China 2005-2014”, Lianzhou International Photo Festival 2014, Lianzhou, China.
For additional information about this artist, visit Mutual Art
