“It is not where it is or what it is that matters, but how you see it.” — Saul Leiter
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Artchipel“It is not where it is or what it is that matters, but how you see it.” — Saul Leiter
Cui Fei, Tracing IX I i, 2012, Gelatin silver photogram, 24 x 16 in.; Cui Fei, Manuscript of Nature V_005, 2013, Tendrils and pins on panel, 57 x 170 in.; Courtesy Chambers Fine Art.
Fei’s work honors the cultural authority of such “beautiful writing” in material and feel, while simultaneously refusing it. The sculptures and installations in “Tracing the Origin” do not translate as literal, coherent text, or proper Chinese calligraphy for that matter. Fei’s forms cannot be read…
João Penalva
Minamisemba 1 cho-me. Archival pigment print, 79 × 60”. 2005-06 (printed 2012).
Looking up in Osaka-Ebisu Higashi 2 cho-me, Naniwa-ku (#3). Archival pigment print, 79 × 60”. 2005-06 (printed 2012).
Looking up in Osaka-Ebisu Higashi 2 cho-me, Naniwa-ku (#2). Archival pigment print, 79 × 60”. 2005-06 (printed 2012).
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