Exhibition Schedule:
Current Exhibition: China Revisited
January 6 - February 25, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, January 6 5-7:30pm
Schneider Gallery is pleased to present the group show, China Revisited. Photographers Gao Yuan, Wang Wulong, Chen Jiagang and Chen Nong each approach the photograph uniquely and offer the viewer a broad perspective of China and its culture. We also welcome for the first time, painter, Yu Qian.
In the series, Twelve Moons, Gao Yuan photographed twelve mothers and their children (from many different provinces of China), and the animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Each large, circular image depicts a mother formally holding her child against a background composed of several photographs from the Old and New China. Gao carefully selected the twelve mothers and infants, between the ages of three to eight months old, to represent of the rapid growth of New China’s economy. Also on view will be images from the series, Tattoo. Inspired by the Renaissance, Gao positioned her models to match the poses of women depicted in 16th century paintings by Italian masters. Their gaze meets ours as we study intently the artwork on their bodies.
In subdued landscapes, Wang Wulong explores the snowy foothills of Beijing, paths that lead to the unknown and the tree tops of a still wilderness. Wang’s explorations are his interpretations of beauty. Through his photography, it is his wish to express respect for his life, his feelings and the nature of his daily routine.
Chen Jiagang captured the abandon cities and factories of the Third Line, located in the Southwest and Northwest regions of China. In the 1960s the Third Line industrial towns were hurriedly set up in an effort to support relocated armament forces. By the early 1980s, the factories closed and millions of civilians found themselves jobless. Chen used an 8 x 10 inch camera to photograph the remains of once hustling cities and the people who occupied them.
Chen Nong introduces us to his new technique in which he uses a photograph printed on watercolor paper that has been painted with liquid light. He then applies watercolors to alter the final image.
Twenty- three year old Yu Qian paints in the Chinese tradition and hopes to harmonize the relationships between human and nature and human and human.
We invite you to the gallery to experience these five different perspectives of China for yourself.
Future Exhibition: Xavier Nuez & Valerie Oliveiro
March 2 – April 28, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, March 2 5:00 – 7:30 pm
Schneider Gallery is pleased to present the work of Xavier Nuez and Valerie Oliveiro. Though veritably different in style and technique, these two photographers reveal places under night light.
In his 20’s, Xavier Nuez began his career in Canada as a commercial and architectural photographer. He spent time with friends behind the buildings he was shooting during the day, looking for adventure and disorder. Today Nuez occupies all hours of the night roaming run down alleys in metropolitan cities around the country taking photographs and “painting with lights”. Using this technique, Nuez uses strobe lights (with colored gels over the bulbs) to illuminate different parts of scenes during long exposures to create mystifying places where most do not dare to wander.
During a road trip to Louisiana, Valerie Oliveiro was passing through Mississippi listening to a local radio station reporting on Waveland. Waveland was one of the many cities that were devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Interested in spaces and landscapes that are in transition, Oliveiro was immediately intrigued. The sites in her photographs depict the empty yet maintained residential zones that patiently wait while their owners contemplate the decision to rebuild.
From gritty alleys of major cities around the United States to dormant landscapes of the South, these two photographers give life to unknown and forgotten places.
January 6 - February 25, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, January 6 5-7:30pm
Schneider Gallery is pleased to present the group show, China Revisited. Photographers Gao Yuan, Wang Wulong, Chen Jiagang and Chen Nong each approach the photograph uniquely and offer the viewer a broad perspective of China and its culture. We also welcome for the first time, painter, Yu Qian.
In the series, Twelve Moons, Gao Yuan photographed twelve mothers and their children (from many different provinces of China), and the animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Each large, circular image depicts a mother formally holding her child against a background composed of several photographs from the Old and New China. Gao carefully selected the twelve mothers and infants, between the ages of three to eight months old, to represent of the rapid growth of New China’s economy. Also on view will be images from the series, Tattoo. Inspired by the Renaissance, Gao positioned her models to match the poses of women depicted in 16th century paintings by Italian masters. Their gaze meets ours as we study intently the artwork on their bodies.
In subdued landscapes, Wang Wulong explores the snowy foothills of Beijing, paths that lead to the unknown and the tree tops of a still wilderness. Wang’s explorations are his interpretations of beauty. Through his photography, it is his wish to express respect for his life, his feelings and the nature of his daily routine.
Chen Jiagang captured the abandon cities and factories of the Third Line, located in the Southwest and Northwest regions of China. In the 1960s the Third Line industrial towns were hurriedly set up in an effort to support relocated armament forces. By the early 1980s, the factories closed and millions of civilians found themselves jobless. Chen used an 8 x 10 inch camera to photograph the remains of once hustling cities and the people who occupied them.
Chen Nong introduces us to his new technique in which he uses a photograph printed on watercolor paper that has been painted with liquid light. He then applies watercolors to alter the final image.
Twenty- three year old Yu Qian paints in the Chinese tradition and hopes to harmonize the relationships between human and nature and human and human.
We invite you to the gallery to experience these five different perspectives of China for yourself.
Future Exhibition: Xavier Nuez & Valerie Oliveiro
March 2 – April 28, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, March 2 5:00 – 7:30 pm
Schneider Gallery is pleased to present the work of Xavier Nuez and Valerie Oliveiro. Though veritably different in style and technique, these two photographers reveal places under night light.
In his 20’s, Xavier Nuez began his career in Canada as a commercial and architectural photographer. He spent time with friends behind the buildings he was shooting during the day, looking for adventure and disorder. Today Nuez occupies all hours of the night roaming run down alleys in metropolitan cities around the country taking photographs and “painting with lights”. Using this technique, Nuez uses strobe lights (with colored gels over the bulbs) to illuminate different parts of scenes during long exposures to create mystifying places where most do not dare to wander.
During a road trip to Louisiana, Valerie Oliveiro was passing through Mississippi listening to a local radio station reporting on Waveland. Waveland was one of the many cities that were devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Interested in spaces and landscapes that are in transition, Oliveiro was immediately intrigued. The sites in her photographs depict the empty yet maintained residential zones that patiently wait while their owners contemplate the decision to rebuild.
From gritty alleys of major cities around the United States to dormant landscapes of the South, these two photographers give life to unknown and forgotten places.
