Au Clair De Lune – Yang Yongliang at Magda Danysz
Until October 20, the Galerie Madga Danysz in Shanghai will be presenting the latest work of Yang Yongliang (b. 1980 in Shanghai), the young prodigy of Chinese digital photography. The exhibition, entitled Moonlight, is the largest yet devoted to the artist, and features photographs, installations, videos and light boxes.
In this new series, Yang Yongliang continues urban archeology in Taipei, Chengdu, Shanghai and other major Asian cities where the citizens number in the millions. The artist offers disturbing photographs blending utopia and dystopia, visions of a terrifying and poetic world. His work reflects the careful attention he pays to the pace of urban transformation in China, and especially in his hometown where he still lives: Shanghai. This city, with its contradictions and growing number of ruins, never ceases to stir up feelings of both fascination and melancholy.
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Read the full text of this article in the French version of Le Journal.
Yang Yongliang / Moonlight
From September 8th to October 20th, 2012
Galerie Magda Danysz – Shanghai
188 Linqing road
Shanghai, China
