Catalogue of solo exhibition by Wang Du at Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover in 2007. With artist biography.
Veit Gorner wrote, 'Media and their images play a central role in Wang Du's work. by re-translating press photos into three-dimensional sculptures, the artist provides us with drastic demonstrations of the selective fragmentation accomplished by media images. Pictures of the real world are put into the "right" shape - suggestively, sometimes manipulatively - in order to lend credibility to reports and opinions. After all, only that which we see with our own eyes, or which a photographer or cameraman sees for us, can be true. "Embedded journalism" allows us to feel that we are witnessing events live.'
Veit Gorner wrote, 'Media and their images play a central role in Wang Du's work. by re-translating press photos into three-dimensional sculptures, the artist provides us with drastic demonstrations of the selective fragmentation accomplished by media images. Pictures of the real world are put into the "right" shape - suggestively, sometimes manipulatively - in order to lend credibility to reports and opinions. After all, only that which we see with our own eyes, or which a photographer or cameraman sees for us, can be true. "Embedded journalism" allows us to feel that we are witnessing events live.'
Access level
Onsite
editor
Location code
MON.WAD
Language
English,
German
Keyword
Publication/Creation date
2004
No of pages
112
ISBN / ISSN
9783939583578
No of copies
1
Content type
artist monograph,
catalogue
Chapter headings
Photography and Truth - Veit GORNER
The Art of the Ripost - David ROSENBERG
Transrealite - Eveline BERNASCONI
Transrealite: Wang Du
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