Dong Wensheng goes through freely in photography,installation and experimental filmmaking. His artwork features in Chinese traditional culture elements and mysterious and hyperreal aesthetics. With cross-cultural vocabulary, Dong Wensheng has been paying attention to the inheritance of traditional culture in the background of globalization, and how individual's reflection on urbanization. His works also involve in the philosophical issues such as time and existence.
The exhibition will show two series of photos by Dong Wensheng. One is "Chinese Garden" series, created from 2003 to 2005. The artist elaborated on reconstructed image of southern chinese gardens, and presents us a highly stylized fantasy world. The other series is called "Secondhand Scenery". Using old photographic plates selected from flea markets, he reconstructed the composition of the images, and mounted the works as hand scrolls, bringing us a totally new visual experience.The artist intends to discuss the relationship between the photographer's identity and value of the image, as well as how the "concept" is produced.