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明信片 postcard: A Rodney Evans solo exhibition
Postcard is an album of Rodney Evans’ travel shots that comprise four years of shooting in China and has evolved over two series of work – ‘Tourrorist’ and ‘Park Stories’.
Since arriving in China in 2005, the Shanghai based photographer has spent his spare time traveling through provincial China documenting the way in which Chinese spend their leisure time.
Fascinated with Chinese vacationers who prefer to capture themselves in-front of the monumental view rather then the view itself, ‘Tourrorist’ began as documentary but evolved into a more considered study of portraits set in popular leisure destinations. Motivated by the inability to isolate a frame without people, Evans turned his camera on the tourists, encapsulating them in their environment.
A playful extension of the static ‘Tourroist’ series, ‘Park Stories’ takes a wider frame to revisit Evans’ earlier landscape narratives. Nestled within amusement parks or public facilities, the environments that “Park Stories’ illustrate highlight the idiosyncratic nature of leisure behavior.
Postcard offers new insight and adventures in seeing and thinking about tourist photography in China. Evans’ images demonstrate how Chinese tourists have used photography to declare ‘I am here’ while empowering anonymous viewers to make the experience of others intensely personal.
Opening Reception: 2009/10/22 19:00-21:00pm
Duration: 2009/10/22 – 11/29
Hours: Mon-Fri, 10:00-6:00pm / Sat 1:00-6:00pm
Sun and public holiday only by appointment
Venue: The Foundry Gallery （筑造空间）
End of lane 729, Shanxi Bei Road (x Kang Ding Road)), Shanghai, 200040
中国上海市陕西北路729弄内到底 (近康定路) 邮编200040
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