Published on the occasion of Wang Chuan's second solo exhibition 'Refocus: Dragon' at Pekin Fine Arts, Beijing, April to May 2011. This exhibition is also part of Caochangdi Photospring 2011.

Wang takes a contrarian approach to digital photography by enlarging the pixels and making them obvious to the viewer in order to draw attention to overlooked details of Beijing's landscape. 'In Refocus: Dragon, Wang demonstrates a simple enough premise: The dragon is still everywhere in Beijing; its portrait shows up in the oddest and most unexpected places.[...] Wang's works implicitly question how these dragon legends play out on a contemporary stage. Wang shows us, using his impressionistic pixels, a variety of places where he recently "discovered" dragons still alive and kicking, lodged deeply in the psyche of local people around Beijing.' - Foreword by Meg Maggio

Includes essay by Gu Zheng and artist statement by Wang Chuan. Artist biography and list of works provided. Chinese text is printed in a separate booklet attached.

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Onsite

Location code
MON.WAC3
Language

Chinese - Simplified, 

English

Publication/Creation date

2011

No of pages

48

ISBN / ISSN

Nil

No of copies

2

Content type

artist monograph, 

catalogue

Chapter headings

Wang Chuan — Refocus: Dragon - Meg MAGGIO, 馬芝安

Cultural Reflection Originating in the Dragon - GU Zheng, 顧錚

Refocus: Dragon - WANG Chuan (1967), 王川

Wang Chuan — Refocus: Dragon 2010–2011
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Wang Chuan — Refocus: Dragon 2010–2011, 王川 — 再聚焦:「龍」二0一0 → 二0一一