M97 Gallery in Shanghai presents Leaves of Grass, an exhibition of silver gelatin prints by Chengdu- based artist Adou. This is Adou’s second solo exhibition at M97 Gallery.
In this new body of works, Adou invites the viewer to look at the unimpressive natural world just below our feet. Titled after the famous poetry collection by Walt Whitman, Adou’s Leaves of Grass is a lyrical exaltation and reordering of the natural world from discarded scraps and chaos. Part painting and part collage, the natural elements are carefully composed by the artist with allusions to Chinese traditional ink painting and calligraphy.
Leaves of Grass reflects an evolution in the artist’s oeuvre away from the human subject with respect to his two previous main bodies of work: Samalada (2006) and Adou (2011), while embracing the realism of the natural world and the myriad transcendental creations.
EXHIBITION
Leaves of Grass by Adou
24 January – 15 March 2015
M97 Gallery
97 Moganshan Rd. 2F
Shanghai 200060
China
