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Shi Guorui |
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Documentation
Still Photos
       
Project Exhibition
Reviews
Recent Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Chinese Contemporary, Beijing & New York M.H. de Young Museum, San Francisco 2005 Chinese Contemporary, London 2004 Chinese Contemporary Photography, 798 Space, Beijing Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China 2003 DNA Visual Exhibition, Nanxin Ming Dynasty Warehouse, Beijing Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China The Great Wall, National Library of China, Beijing 2002 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China 2001 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China Group Exhibitions 2005 Mahjong - The Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum, Bern 2004 Inaugural Exhibition Chinese Contemporary Beijing, Beijing Public Space and Urban Environment, The 1st Architectural Biennial, Beijing Forbidden City, International Photography Exhibition, Beijing 2003 Promenade Edifiante et Curieuse au Pavillon des Images, Paris 2002 The 2nd International Art Biennial of Buenos Aires, National Museum of Argentina |
Project Description
Residency Dates: Fall 2006
Beijing-based photographer Shi Guorui is internationally recognized for his large-scale photographs produced with a camera obscura, including projects at the Great Wall of China, the Shanghai riverfront, and K2, the second highest mountain in the world. The resulting images, some as wide as twelve feet, emphasize the iconic status of each location and commemorate the human endeavor associated with it. The artist's projects normally require months of planning and often entail several weeks of on-site shooting. He builds his massive camera into the landscape, and exposures often last several hours. For his FOR-SITE project, Shi Guorui examined the landscape and history of California. He built his camera obscura at various locales, including Alcatraz Island, the de Young Museum, and Donner Pass. Shi Guorui also created large-scale photograms of objects from the collections of the de Young Museum and of mining tools associated with the Nevada City area. Artist Statement
All the locations I photograph have one feature in common, a rich role in the lives of humans. There are printed thoughts, notions, feelings, and memories left behind in history by humans while exploring and changing the world. Time flies and things change. All the way through history natural scenery and constructions remain (barring earthquakes!) while relevant people disappear. Living in the present, how can we recapture and reproduce historical thoughts, opinions, feelings or memories by means of photography? And what new experiences and feelings can we come up with during the process of recapture and reproduction.
-Shi Guorui, 2006 Bio
Shi Guorui (b. 1964, Shanxi, China) studied photography at Nanjing Normal University in Beijing. He currently lives and works in Beijing.
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