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Thin as air
Lau Ching-ping
8/3/2006 - 9/3/2006
Chinese Contemporary Xchange
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, August 04, 2006 - 7-10 pm |
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Chinese Contemporary Xchange is pleased to present its second exhibition "Thin as air", a suite of colour photography by Hong Kong photographer Lau Ching-ping.
"Thin as air" compiles mostly photographs of cityscape. Taken consistently in a vertical format the photographs deliver a sense of stillness and remoteness in contrast to these big and humming cities. Resembling picture postcards in their finest forms, in these images, time stands still and people seems to be in a forward/rewind frame. Lau might have subconsciously played the part of a time traveller passing through and making those touristic glimpses - almost nostalgic footmarks quietly quoting "I was here".
For Lau is fascinated with the proven scientific theory of time travel. He once wrote,"As time travels through exceeding light speed is remotely realistic, being with close contact with light and shadow, photography might be the most elementary steps to exchange heart and soul with time and space."
In the article "Building on Appearance" Matthew Turner wrote about Lau Ching-ping's work,"Lau's composes these panoramas of well-known places with deadpan wit, impersonating the unhurried stance of a Sunday photographer. Time is allowed time to expand at leisure, to draw us in and allow us space to wander in our imagination beyond the frame, so leaving us time to stare at colour, not as an embellishment but as the overt subject of the scene. People, place, time and colour: it has taken a decade for such themes to appear and for Merlin's spell of disappearance to be broke."
In a world that applauds largely to images of the extraordinary and shocking, Lau's photography is unusually fresh and contemplative. It allows one to set back, to meditate and consume the images in slower and reflective paces.
Lau Ching-ping studied design and photography in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has held solo shows and participated in numerous group shows taking place in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Taipei and New York. His most recent exhibition "Hong Kong Four-Cast" - a four-person show is being held in the Guangdong Museum of Art, China. Lau is currently the co-editor of NuNaHeDuo (Dislocation) journal of photography. |
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Chinese Contemporary Xchange
50 Gladstone Avenue,
Toronto, M6J 3K6 Ontario
Gallery Hours: 1-6 pm (Wednesday to Sunday)
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