Pedalling
contradiction
At first these large, square crisply focused photo-portraits look to be
studies of character and mood. Heads and eyes lowered, the subjects are
linked by common expressions of fatigue, concentration or distracted reverie.
But this is no glossy postmodern catalogue of melancholia. The exhibition's
title reveals its clever twist: these are, in fact, head-and-shoulders
close-ups of cyclists taken in the streets of Beijing. The varied garb
of the riders, youngsters on mobile phones, an old man with the communist
red star on his American-style baseball cap all neatly capture the contradictions
of contemporary China.
- David Hansen. The Age, Melbourne 21/7/2006. Link to article
On exhibition at:
Seventh Gallery
Tuesday 18 July - Saturday 29 July 2006
(12-6pm, Tuesday - Saturday)
155 Gertrude Street
Fitzroy Vic 3065
Australia
