Dong Wensheng 董文胜

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Dong Wensheng is a photographer, whose works are known for their cinematic quality. Through muted colors and tones, Dong manages to create mysterious and evocative worlds.^[1] Born in 1970, Dong lives and works in Changzhou.

Contents 1 Date & Place of Birth 2 Art 3 Exhibitions 4 Gallery Affiliation(s) 5 Acquisitions & Auctions 6 References

Date & Place of Birth

Dong was born in 1970 in Ganyu, Jiangsu Province.

Art

A protégé of Zhou Xiaohu, and now a young professor himself, photographer and video artist Dong Wensheng takes a deceptively formalist approach to his work. There is a benign superficiality to the highly-finished photographs that belies a certain quirk, a jolt to the eye and the brain. The films, with their stately pace, lull the viewer with their visual lushness, only to provide a shock at the conclusion.^[2]

Dong says his work seeks to show the growth and development of an individual within his or her environment. The menstrual blood shown running down a young girl’s leg in Meiyu (Rainy Season) is, perhaps, a more poetic example of this intent, while the suicide in Jing Zhe (Awakening from Hibernation) is clearly a form of self-recognition that sits uncomfortably at odds with Western notions of human progress.^[2]

Exhibitions

For Dong's exhibition history, click here.

Gallery Affiliation(s)

Dong is represented by Magee Art Gallery in Beijing and AEROPLASTICS Contemporary in Brussels.

Acquisitions & Auctions

For Dong's auction record, click here.

References

1. ↑ http://chngyaohong.com/blog/china/dong-wensheng/
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} http://www.corkingallery.com/?q=node/142