Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'CHEN Wei: Everyday scenery and props' at Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong, from 30 October - 5 December 2009.

'Chen's cinematic touch and lush colors animate the ambience of the daily objects he chooses to photograph. On close viewing, it is discovered that everything, even the dirt on the floor, is a deliberate construction to suggest a time and place that no longer is. A few props serve as signifiers to a meaning that is waiting to be made. Memory and reality influence each other but the viewer is left in suspense until he makes up his mind and return to the everyday, which is always so familiar and foreign at the same time.' (From Gallery EXIT website)

With artist biography.

「陳維的攝影作品洋溢豐富的電影感和鮮明色彩；他往往賦予尋常物件一種異常的生命力。當觀眾仔細看他的作品時，會發現所有的物件，甚至地上的污漬，都是經過深思熟慮的建構和重組，示意着一個不復存在的時空和地點。作品中的道具成為了獨特符徵，意義和內涵留待受眾去個別解讀。回憶與現實相互交錯影響，在觀眾心裡留下的懸念，直到重返既熟悉又陌生的日常生活中，長久仍未消散。」