Many phenomena on earth, there is one phenomenon (image) that has an important position since the beginning of art; that is human’s image – PORTRAIT.
 
In August, ShanghART Gallery will have group exhibition <Portrait/We>. This exhibition influx many portraits work from artists in different ages. They will develop a conversation about images. What we have to explain it, many portraits display in this exhibition that are not traditional portraits. In modern language context, portrait is not only demand for “creating image”. This kind of unwearied expressions of self-image, it maybe for passion, also could be doubt; but more and more is about reflection. Just because of this uncertainty, it emphasizes current features of work. A painting, a picture, a video, in fact these are different explanations about human and human’s phenomena from each artist.
 
“Portrait” describes a person or an original image, it may not be important for himself, the most important is “We”, all these works come from “We” and all related to us.

Participating artists:

Artists: Nobuyoshi Araki, Bird Head, GENG Jianyi, HUANG Kui, LI Shan, LIANG Yue, LIU Weijian, LU Chunsheng, SHI Yong, SUN Xun, WANG Guangyi, WU Yiming, XIANG Liqing, YAN Peiming, YANG Fudong, YANG Zhenzhong, YU Youhan, ZHANG Ding, ZHANG Enli, ZHOU Tiehai, ZHOU Zixi, ZHU Jia