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16/3/2005

Human Territory

ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai

Works by Tang Guo

In the March spring, Shanghart Gallery will present “Human Territory”, the latest photographyic works by Tang Guo, in H Space.
The name “Human Territory” comes from the poem “Drinking” by Tao Yuan Ming, which says, “I reside in the human territory, free of the earthly noise”. During 2003/04, Tang spent almost 2 years to take these pictures in some countryside residences in southern Anhui. The images are some public areas in those aged residences, such as yards and living rooms, without specific persons, objects or events. As mentioned by Mr. Tang, he doesn’t want to express any special implications by these pictures. It is only his perceptions on time, and he is trying to fix and extend time by the realistic media of photography.

The pictures of water are to express my feeling on Confucius's feeling on the running water.
And these pictures are to express my feeling on the solidation or loss of time, i.e., "Time elapses fast!"
There is no story in my pictures, nor literature, thought, philosophy, folk or architecture.
They are not used to criticize or appreciate, without any concepts. They are only pictures!
As to what you may perceive or think, it depends on you.
Tang Guo

Biography of Tang Guo
1955 Born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province
1986-89 Studies at the Nanjing Art Academy, Dept. of Fine Arts and the Central Academy of Arts & Crafts, Beijing.
Tang Guo lives and works in Nanjing and the small village in south of Anhui Province. His works have frequently been shown in China and overseas.
- March 1 - March 16,2005: "Paintings", with works by Li Shan, Yu Youhan, Zhou Tiehai, Zeng Fanzhi etc.

Li Shan's proud, naive and happy horse great at the door of H-Space. In the two rooms behind serene landscapes by Yu Youhan are opposed with a simiarly serene portrait of a Philippe Starck designed toilet.The last and biggest room brings together the works by You Youhan and Zhou Tiehai in relative peace.

Zhou Tiehai, born in 1966, lives and works in Shanghai. His works has been shown in gallery and museum exhibitions around the world including the Whitney Museum, Hara Museum, Venice Biennale etc.

Yu Youhan was born in Shanghai in 1943 and graduated from Central Institute of Art & Design, Beijing in 1973. He belongs to a generation which counts the Cultural Revolution as a vital part of its experience. He emerged as the undoubted leader of the so-called Political Pop Movement at the end of the 1980s. Yu Youhan's works have been shown in many of the major exhibitions of contemporary art from China abroad, including China's New Art, Post-1989, Hong Kong; ; 46th Venice Biennale; and the 22nd Sao Paulo International Bienial.

Opening: March 17th, 2005, Thursday, 6-8pm

ShanghART Gallery
2a Galan Rd, Fuxing Park
Shanghai

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