清影

An exhibition of work by Candida Höfer, Chen Dongfan and Fang Wei

 —— The Inna Art Space

The present exhibition divides into three segments consisting of work by the artists Candida Höfer, Chen Dongfan and Fang Wei. Although each artist possesses their own, distinctive style, there are nonetheless certain “exceptions” to this rule, certain “cross overs” and “indefinite territories” that exist between them. At the same time it displays each artist’s ongoing projects, the present exhibition attempts also to bring these “other” elements into play.

Artist Statements:

Candida Höfer

(1944——) Cologne, Germany

Candida Höfer studied under the founders of the Dusseldorf School and acclaimed masters of German photography Bernd and Hilla Becher. Since then she hasbecome best known for her images of public space, taking the art galleries, museums, theatres, libraries, historic palaces and official residences of the world as her subjects. By means of long exposure techniques, Höfer'sphotographs push the human subject aside, allowing space itself to reveal its own orders, character, details and lighting from a cool and impartial perspective.

Chen Dongfan

(1982——) Shanghai, China

An exhibition of work by Candida Höfer, Chen Dongfan and Fang Wei

 —— The Inna Art Space

The present exhibition divides into three segments consisting of work by the artists Candida Höfer, Chen Dongfan and Fang Wei. Although each artist possesses their own, distinctive style, there are nonetheless certain “exceptions” to this rule, certain “cross overs” and “indefinite territories” that exist between them. At the same time it displays each artist’s ongoing projects, the present exhibition attempts also to bring these “other” elements into play.

Artist Statements:

Candida Höfer

(1944——) Cologne, Germany

Candida Höfer studied under the founders of the Dusseldorf School and acclaimed masters of German photography Bernd and Hilla Becher. Since then she hasbecome best known for her images of public space, taking the art galleries, museums, theatres, libraries, historic palaces and official residences of the world as her subjects. By means of long exposure techniques, Höfer'sphotographs push the human subject aside, allowing space itself to reveal its own orders, character, details and lighting from a cool and impartial perspective.

Chen Dongfan

(1982——) Shanghai, China

A graduate of the China Academy of Art, Chen Dongfan works primarily in painting but has also employed installation and video, along with other formats. Chen takes colour itself to reflect adroitly on issues of form and as a means of finding balance amid disorder. In the artist’s opinion, the work exists organically as a means via which both to explore and to describe things themselves indeterminate. Here the artist’s relationship to the work is not one merely of expression, but engages himrather more as a medium, the work and him scrutinising one another and working togetherin mutual refinement.

Fang Wei

(1981——) Fujian, China

A graduate of the China Academy of Art, Fang Wei works primarily in painting. As apundit for the everyday, the artist is drawn to issues including sentiment, desire and the search for “self”, producing work that often containselements of metaphor, symbol and narrative.Taking the work itself as a filter, a means of redeploying, distilling, even converting the sentiments to which it alludes, these become far more meticulous anddetached in nature, offering a far more immediate and arresting focus on the issues addressed. Recently the artist hasengaged in inquiries addressing the relationship between painting and the theatre, leading him to produce a series of paper based works exploring “mise en scène”.