Archives : Paris Photo 2015 : Maleonn at the Magda Gallery

For the 19th edition of Paris Photo, from the 12th to the 15th of November, Magda Danysz Gallery exhibits Maleonn, one of the most famous Shanghai photographers. As an artist with many personalities, a real image illusionist, Maleonn has become the leader of an entire generation in China. Magda Danysz Gallery is proud to showcase an overview of his different series, showing the wealth of his work.

Maleonn’s photographs are like tales made of many curiosities. Combining ancient theater costumes, surprising and edgy props, theatrical stage, he takes us into a fable and tells us with poetry the story and culture of the chinese society. His univers is rich, in the same time complexe and playful, he reveals the many aspect of nowadays’ china, split between its traditions and its will to build the future.

Considered as one of the most kept secret of the country in 2013, by the famous magazine Juxtapoz, he has since travelled across China, with his Studio Mobil, meeting people from cities to towns. Maleonn is exhibited in Shanghai, Hong-Kong, Madrid, Bruxelles, Rome, New-York, Chicago or Paris. He has received many awards although he is beforeall the symbol of a whole generation. His photographs, from which the characters appear to evolve in ideal or dreamlike worlds, are true emblems for the young chinese generation, and now international.

Magda Danysz Gallery is involved into promoting the contemporary chinese culture. She represents Maleonn since 2009 and shows here, for the first time, a retrospective of the artist, putting into the lights the richness of his body of work, with one thing in common : his recognizable and innovative style.