FotoFest Beijing and Contemporary Chinese Photography

Great to see mention of Liyu & Liubo’s “13 Months in the Year of the Dog”; I love the whole series, especially when paired along translations of the newspaper stories they depict as they are here: http://www.photobang.cn/works2006.htm (oddly, the site showed up in black and white when I viewed it in Internet Explorer but was in color in Firefox…) Keep an eye out for the “elders with swords.” And a little disappointed not to see Liwei mentioned here. He’s one of my favorites in the Chinese scene. First saw his work at a decent survey of contemporary Chinese art at the Seattle Art Museum a few years ago. His floating head mirror work (scroll down at: http://www.liweiart.com/ART/liwei/PHOTO.htm/PHOTO0000.htm ) really strikes me, though I guess it’s a bit gimmicky. As with all of his work, there’s no photoshop trickery, just feats of ingenuity and strength.