Hong Lei (artist)

Hong Lei
Native name 洪磊
Born 1960
Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Known for Photography
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Hong.
Autumn in the Forbidden City, color photograph, 1997

Hong Lei (Chinese: 洪磊; pinyin: Hóng Lěi; born 1960) is one of the leading artists in the era of China's New Photography movement in the 1990s.[1][2] He was born in Changzhou, Jiangsu in 1960 and graduated from Nanjing University of the Arts in 1987. In 1992, he went to the China Central Academy of Fine Arts to pursue advanced studies in printmaking. Inspired by his early art experience in Yuan Ming Yuan and learning from traditional Chinese paintings, he returned to Changzhou and soon started to use photography as a way of art representation since 1996. His renowned works include Autumn in the Forbidden City (1997), Chinese Landscape (1998), After Liang Kai's (Song Dynasty) Masterpiece Sakyamuni Coming Out of Retirement (1998), I Dreamt that I was Hung Upside Down to Listen to Huizong Play the Zither with Chairman Mao (2004) and Nothing to Hide (2008), among others. Apart from his success in digital photos, he started to photograph black and white Shan shui landscapes as an ongoing experimental project since 2000 to rethink Chinese traditional aesthetics.[3] In recent years, he has also explored the various boundaries and possibilities of photography by painting his own photos on silk, as well as video & installation works. His selected solo and group exhibitions include Recontres d' Arles: Arles Phototography Festival (Arles, France, 2003), Alors, La Chine?, Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition (Pompidou Centre, Paris, 2003), Seven Worthies (solo exhibition, Beijing, 2007), Seasons (solo exhibition, Beijing, New York, 2008), 2011 Chengdu Biennale, Mi Lou (solo exhibition, Beijing, 2012) and Perfume This is Not (solo exhibition, Shanghai, 2012). Now he lives and works in Changzhou and Shanghai.

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References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Department of State - Art in Embassies". Art.state.gov. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  2. ↑ "New Photo, Staged and Conceptual Work, 1994-1998, China, 2008 FotoFest". Retrieved Nov 12, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Where Do You Come From? Where Are You Going? - An Interview with Hong Lei by Wu Hung". Retrieved Nov 12, 2012.

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