Four Seasons—Everyday Life of Tibetan Peasants No.10

2004. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

Four Seasons—Everyday Life of Tibetan Peasants No.69

2003. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

Four Seasons—Everyday Life of Tibetan Peasants No.104

2001. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

Four Seasons—Everyday Life of Tibetan Peasants No.42

2000. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

Four Seasons—Everyday Life of Tibetan Peasants No.63

1999. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

Four Seasons—Everyday Life of Tibetan Peasants No.13

1997. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

Four Seasons—Everyday Life of Tibetan Peasants No.109

1997. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

Four Seasons—Everyday Life of Tibetan Peasants No.77

1996. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

On the Road—The Catholic Faith in China No.44

1995. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

On the Road—The Catholic Faith in China No.51

1995. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

On the Road—The Catholic Faith in China No.54

1995. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

On the Road—The Catholic Faith in China No.57

1994. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

On the Road—The Catholic Faith in China No.25

1993. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

On the Road—The Catholic Faith in China No.41

1993. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

On the Road—The Catholic Faith in China No.01

1992. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

On the Road—The Catholic Faith in China No.31

1992. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

The Forgotten Ones: Living Conditions of China’s Mental Patients No.19

1990. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

The Forgotten Ones: Living Conditions of China’s Mental Patients No.29

1990. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

The Forgotten Ones: Living Conditions of China’s Mental Patients No.39

1990. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

The Forgotten Ones: Living Conditions of China’s Mental Patients No.01

1989. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

The Forgotten Ones: Living Conditions of China’s Mental Patients No.04

1989. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

The Forgotten Ones: Living Conditions of China’s Mental Patients No.06

1989. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

The Forgotten Ones: Living Conditions of China’s Mental Patients No.09

1989. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

The Forgotten Ones: Living Conditions of China’s Mental Patients No.41

1989. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.

Lu Nan

For Lu Nan, photography is a way of responding directly to the object, an art form that gets to the essence. As he puts it: “I take every photograph with a humble heart. I de-ambiguate as much as possible, so that the essence is conveyed in the most fundamental way, in a way that is better understood, or in a way that appeals to people, in a way that moves them.” Beginning in 1989, Lu Nan spent 15 years completing his trilogy: The Forgotten People, On the Road and The Four Seasons. The trilogy as one large work establishes photography as a way of seeing through the epic form and is an important contribution by Lu Nan. Each image in the trilogy can be separate, yet indivisible. They expand and extend each other in a crystallised way, with each individual moment belonging to all of them at the same time through the ‘experience’ of time. The trilogy focuses on the human condition on a threefold level of life. The tangled particles of light and shadow, alluding to a heightened moral sensibility, lead the viewer’s gaze ultimately to the obscured world of our own hearts.

 

1962  Born in Beijing

1989  Began series State of Chinese Psychiatric Wards, which was completed in 1990

1992  Began series Catholic Church in China, which was completed in 1996

1996  Began series Everyday Life of Tibet Peasants, which was completed in 2004

2006  Began series Prison Camps in Northern Myanmar, which was completed in 2006

 

Solo Exhibitions

2011 The Forgotten People: The State of Chinese Psychiatric Wards, VISA POUR L’IMAGE, Perpignan, France

          Underground Chinese Catholic Community: Photography by Lu Nan, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, USA

2010 Heaven and Hell, St. Thomas Royal Monastery, Avila, Spain

          Prison Camps in Northern Myanmar, Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing, China

2009 The Hidden Spiritual World: 15-years Photography by Lu Nan, Art Museum of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China

          Prison Camps in Northern Myanmar, Inter Art Center, Beijing, China

2008 The Eternal Measure: 15-years Photography of Lu Nan, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou

          China’s Independent Photography, Houston FotoFest, Texas, USA

2007 15-years Photography of Lu Nan, Songzhuang Museum of Art, Beijing, China

          The Four Seasons: Everyday life of Tibet Peasants, Inter Art Center, Beijing, China

2005 15-years Photography of Lu Nan (slide show), Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Guangdong, China

          15-years Photography of Lu Nan (slide show), Pingyao International Photography Festival, Shanxi, China

 

Group Exhibitions

2014 The Traveller’s Note, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

2012 Image Anxiety, Photo España, Madrid, Spain

2010 Faces of Life—China’s contemporary portrait, CAFA Museum of Art, Beijing, China

          One Dot in Space-time—Collection of Contemporary Art by Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China

          One Dot in Space-time—Collection of Contemporary Art by Guangdong Museum of Art, Taiwan National Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan

          Reshaping History: China New Art from 2000-2009, China National Convention Center, Beijing, China

          10 Chinese Artists and Their Twenty Years Old, Angle Gallery, Beijing, China

2008 The People·History, CAFA Museum of Art, Beijing, China

2007 Guangzhou International Photography Biennale, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China

2006 Chinese Contemporary Photography of 20 years, Sifang Museum of Art, Nanjing, China

1997 Absolute Landscape between Illusion and Reality, Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan

 

Publications

The Forgotten People: The State of Chinese Psychiatric Wards  1993/2006/2008

On The Road: The Catholic Church in China  2000/2008

The Four Seasons: Everyday Life of Tibet Peasants  2007

Prison Camps in Northern Myanmar  2009

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