Human relationships, which function according to “traditional” expressive and behavioral codes, become devoid of their original foundation, thus merely retaining their “formal” aspects, which in turn imbues them with a greater complexity, given that it becomes increasingly difficult to gauge the sincerity and depth of what one says (and of what one is).
Poetic vagueness and slight melancholy, Exploring in a world of intelligence, spirit and emotion, Seeing, thinking, understanding and loving something …
With his photographs, he breaks through the clichéd image of China. He approaches the Chinese in a personal manner and is curious about what they think, feel and experience.
Time machine (2005) • These pictures were taken when I was a college student, using all the meager photographic skills and knowledge I had and look immature to me now. I would first compose a mental picture and then go out to realize it with a camera.
Return to the essence of visual art, experience the dialogue and feelings between the mind and nature.
Ah! With iridescent light of gems of time / The heavenly road you pave! / In the kingdom of stars / I found my home.
Last night, gazing at the stars / I saw those countless gems smile / Numberless from my past life / Limitless in the silver kingdom…
Chinese government, alongside country’s economical and political status, works on its external image.
Last year, I tried to use the most direct approach to take the photos along the southeastern coastal line. What I saw was completely different from that in my childhood as the result of the construction projects.
The province of Xinjiang (new frontier in chinese) is located in the far western region of China, it is the biggest province of the country and it is bordering 8 other countries such as Tajikistan and Afghanistan or India and Mongolia.
Beijing, April 2013. A drunk man sleeps over in a fast food nearby Guijie. All China's Fast Food...
As a European, I grew up in a less populated area than China and in smaller urban environment…
“In the exciting and unpredictable environment that I live in, these pictures are seconds of filtered light that I tried to catch.”
In China, Ren Hang’s exhibits have been closed or censored in many occasions and he has been arrested in China for the supposed obscenity of his artwork.
