2004. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
2003. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
2001. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
2000. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1999. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1997. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1997. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1996. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1995. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1995. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1995. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1994. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1993. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1993. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1992. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1992. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1990. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1990. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1990. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1989. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1989. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1989. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1989. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
1989. Gelatin Silver Print. 27.1×40.6cm. 40.6×50.8cm framed.
Too Loud a Solitude: Stalkers of Chinese Contemporary Art
2016.3.17-2016.4.17
The Traveler’s Note
2014.3.29-2014.4.20
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
Art Basel HK 2019 | Hive Center for Contemporary Art Booth: 3C40
2019.3.27-2019.3.31
Hongkong
Beijing Contemporary 2018 | Hive Center | Booth: V22
2018.8.30-2018.9.2
Beijing
Lu Nan: Trilogy/ Photographs (1989-2004)
2017.10.10-2018.1.14
