M97 Gallery
This weather this past weekend was almost picture perfect. The fall air was crisp and cool. The sky was kind of blue. Not too shabby for a November weekend in Shanghai. David and I couldn’t let this weather go to waste so we set out to explore some of Shanghai’s contemporary art scene. We stopped in the M97 gallery on Moganshan Lu. This contemporary photography gallery is always a joy to visit. Their current show is called the Esquisite Corpse. It’s a photographic play on the famouse Surrealist game. Each photograph is linked to the photos next to it by some sort of visual element. It’s a good sampling of well known and up and coming Chinese photographers. I am particulary fond of Jiang Zhi, Lu Jun, and Yang Yi. I also really like the works of James Whitlo Delano.
In addition to the work, I absolutely love Steven, the gallery owner. He always spends a tremendous amount of time talking to David and I about art and life in Shanghai-two of my favorite topics!
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