China imagined
Subtitle: BredaPhoto
By: He Yining, Ruben Lundgren ; photography: Ron Magielse
Contributors: Bredaphoto; Onze-Lieve Vrouwekerk (Breda, Netherlands)
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Stichting BredaPhoto; The Eriskay Connection
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Breda
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9789492051585
Subjects: Photography; Exhibitions; Artistic Photography; Pictorial works
Other titles: BredaPhoto
Description: The Western imagination of China has been defined throughout history by 13th-century explorers such as Marco Polo and modern politicians such as Henry Kissinger. But also through stories that arose from the imaginations of writers who had never set foot in China themselves, but whose work nevertheless strongly influenced the Western view of China. With China's increasing visibility on the world stage, a wave of discussions and misunderstandings has arisen about its politics, economy, technology and culture. With the exhibition China Imagined, the two China-based curators He Yining and Ruben Lundgren have brought together a relevant selection of contemporary photographers who have been active in China over the past ten years. In doing so, they show the ambivalence, complexity and diversity of Chinese society. China Imagined tries to understand the current construction of Chinese imagination and to investigate the problem of photographic representation in intercultural contexts. In times of uncertain international relations amid a global pandemic, the exhibition seeks to help bridge the undeniable gap of misunderstanding between the Western and Chinese audiences. Exhibition: Grote Kerk, Breda, The Netherlands (during BredaPhoto, 09.09.-25.10.2020).
Notes: Cover title.

Catalogue of an exhibition curated by He Yining and Ruben Lundgren for BredaPhoto 2020 in the Grote Kerk Breda, 9 September through 25 October 2020.

The catalogue features photographs by Luo Yang, Zhang Kechun, Xu Xiaoxiao, Guo Yingguang, Feng Li, Chen Zhe, Thomas Sauvin, Lesie Zhang, Kurt Tong, Xu Guanyu, Coca, Lyu Geer, Chen Ronghui, Pixy Liao, Ren Hang, Liu Tao, Daniel Traub, Wu Yongfu, Zeng Xianfang, Hua Weicheng, Zhang Wenxin and Wu Guoyong, as well as material from Jiazazhi Press, Wao Taobao and contemporary Chinese photobooks.

Dutch and English.