Humanism in China
20 May - 27 Aug 2006
Humanism in China
A Contemporary Record of Photography
May 20 until August 27, 2006
In 1955, the photographer Edward Steichen organized the now legendary photo exhibition on »The Family of Man« in New York’s Museum of Modern Art – it was meant to paint a comprehensive picture of humanity. In 2006, the exhibition »Humanism in China – A Contemporary Record of Photography« creates a different, far more specific pictorial panorama: Drawing on 590 documentary shots taken by Chinese photographers over the last 50 years, it presents people in China against the background of social modernization. Organized by the Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, the exhibition addresses four major topics: Existence, Relationship, Desire and Time.
Behind the outer glossy sheen of the economic boom in China’s metropolises, Chinese
© Wu Jialin
Kunming, Yunnan, 1997
A Contemporary Record of Photography
May 20 until August 27, 2006
In 1955, the photographer Edward Steichen organized the now legendary photo exhibition on »The Family of Man« in New York’s Museum of Modern Art – it was meant to paint a comprehensive picture of humanity. In 2006, the exhibition »Humanism in China – A Contemporary Record of Photography« creates a different, far more specific pictorial panorama: Drawing on 590 documentary shots taken by Chinese photographers over the last 50 years, it presents people in China against the background of social modernization. Organized by the Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, the exhibition addresses four major topics: Existence, Relationship, Desire and Time.
Behind the outer glossy sheen of the economic boom in China’s metropolises, Chinese
© Wu Jialin
Kunming, Yunnan, 1997