CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY IN CHINA
MAGDA DANYSZ GALLERIES Paris : 78 rue Amelot - +33 (0)1 45 83 38 51 Shanghai : 188 Linqing Road - +86 21 5513 9599 w : magda-gallery.com e : info@magda-gallery.com
HUANG XIAOLIANG Huang Xiaoliang was born in Xiangxi, Hunan province in 1985. He is a 2009 graduate from Qingdao University, where he studied Digital Media. In 2010, Huang was awarded the prestigious Tierney Fellowship as well as the Three Shadows Photography Award, and the Fang Jun Art Award by the Beijing Today Art Museum. In 2011 Huang Xiaoliang was nominated for the Foam Paul Huf Award. Huang Xiaoliang currently divides his time between Changsha and Beijing. His photographic works are about memory and childhood imagination. Huang Xiaoliang creates his photographic works by constructing a ‘set’ of shadows, silhouettes and cut outs. He often creates the backdrops for the works using paper and inks and projects light or images to create the shadows and figures. Sometimes real objects are used. Silhouetted figures appear against backdrops of landscape with the shadowed patterns of trees or urban settings. Through his series “Lyrics Time”, “Spring Worldly Scenes” or “Endless Summer”, the artist is studying the two most fundamental elements of photography: light and shadow. From childhood scenes to pictures of the daily life, Huang Xiaoliang photographs are real snapshots in which souvenir is blended with dream. "I played shadow games in the park during my university days, which gave me some ideas, but the real root of the idea comes from an attempt to display the most basic elements of photography in the simplest way.".
HUANG XIAOLIANG Huang Xiaoling est né à Xiangxi, la province du Hunan, en 1985. Il est diplômé de l'Université de Qingdao où il a étudié le Digital Media en 2009. En 2010, Huang a reçu le prestigieux Tierney Fellowship ainsi que le Prix de la photographie Three Shadows et le Prix Art Fang Jun par le Beijing Today Art Museum. En 2011, Huang Xiaoling a été nominé pour le Prix Foam Paul Huf. Huang Xiaoling partage actuellement son temps entre Changsha et Beijing. Ses œuvres photographiques abordent la question de la mémoire et l'imagination de l'enfance. Huang Xiaoling crée ses œuvres photographiques à partir de la construction d'un ensemble d'ombres, de silhouettes et de perforations. Le plus souvent il crée la toile de fond de ses photographies en utilisant du papier et de l’encre puis il projette de la lumière ou des images afin de réaliser les ombres et les personnages. Des véritables objets sont parfois employés. Ainsi, des silhouettes apparaissent sur l’arrière-plan paysagé tandis que les ombres de motifs urbains ou végétaux se dessinent. Grâce à ses séries « Lyrics Time », « Spring Wordly Scenes» ou «Endless Summer», l'artiste étudie les deux éléments fondamentaux de la photographie: la lumière et l'ombre. De scènes de l'enfance à des images de la vie quotidienne, les photographies de Huang Xiaoling sont de véritables instantanés dans lesquels le souvenir et le rêve sont mêlés. «Je jouais au jeu d’ombres dans le parc au cours de mes années universitaires, cela m'a donné quelques idées mais la véritable racine de cette idée provient d'une tentative d'afficher les éléments les plus fondamentaux de la photographie de la manière la plus simple."
HUANG XIAOLIANG A Bust of Joy Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 90cm x 120cm Ed. 6
HUANG XIAOLIANG A Calm Mosquito Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 120cm x 120cm Ed. 6
HUANG XIAOLIANG A Gentle Summer Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 80cm x 120cm Ed. 6
HUANG XIAOLIANG Struggle Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 50 x 50 cm Ed 8
HUANG XIAOLIANG A Child’s Contemplation Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 120x120cm Ed. 6
HUANG XIAOLIANG A Fish’s Nostalgia Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 90cm x 120cm Ed. 6
HUANG XIAOLIANG A Gust Of Wind Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 60cm x 90cm Ed. 8
HUANG XIAOLIANG A lonely dog Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 50cm x 50cm Ed. 8
HUANG XIAOLIANG Awaiting the wind Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 50cm x 50cm Ed. 8
HUANG XIAOLIANG Forget me not Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 50cm x 50cm Ed. 8
HUANG XIAOLIANG Kiss Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 60cm x 90cm Ed. 8
HUANG XIAOLIANG Kite Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 60cm x 90cm Ed. 8
HUANG XIAOLIANG Lyrics Time - Commemoration of Love Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 67 x 100 cm Ed 10
HUANG XIAOLIANG Lyrics Time - Longing Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 67 x 100 cm Ed 10
HUANG XIAOLIANG Lyrics Time – Looking at the Scenery 3 Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 13 x 50 cm Ed 10
HUANG XIAOLIANG Lyrics Time – Looking at the Scenery 4 Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 13 x 50 cm Ed 10
HUANG XIAOLIANG Lyrics Time - Memories are Beautiful No 1 Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 67 x 100 cm Ed 10
HUANG XIAOLIANG Lyrics Time – Park Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 67 x 100 cm Ed 10
HUANG XIAOLIANG Lyrics Time – Time Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 67 x 100 cm Ed 10
HUANG XIAOLIANG Lyrics Time – Two dogs Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 67 x 100 cm Ed 10
HUANG XIAOLIANG Lyrics Time - Autumn in Western Hunan Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 67 x 100 cm Ed. 10
HUANG XIAOLIANG Prayer Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 50cm x 50cm Ed. 8
HUANG XIAOLIANG Roundness Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 50x50cm Ed. 8
HUANG XIAOLIANG Sad Flies Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 120x120cm Ed. 6
HUANG XIAOLIANG Stone Skipping Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 50cm x 50cm Ed. 8
HUANG XIAOLIANG The Last River Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 90cm x 120cm Ed. 6
HUANG XIAOLIANG The Provoking Dragonfly Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 120cm x 120cm Ed. 6
HUANG XIAOLIANG The views are elsewhere Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 60cm x 90cm Ed. 8
HUANG XIAOLIANG The Wind Was At First A Dream Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 60cm x 90cm Ed. 8
HUANG XIAOLIANG Two Boys Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 50cm x 50cm Ed. 8
HUANG XIAOLIANG Vacation For A Good Boy Photographic Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Paper 120cm x 120cm Ed. 6
MAGDA DANYSZ GALLERIES Paris : 78 rue Amelot - +33 (0)1 45 83 38 51 Shanghai : 188 Linqing Road - +86 21 5513 9599 w : magda-gallery.com e : info@magda-gallery.com