Shi Guo Rui
1964 Born in Shanxi. China 1992 Graduated from Nanjing Normal University majoring in photography Currently lives and works in Beijing
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2001 The Chinese Grottoes: Yuangang Series . Pinhole Image Pingyao International Photography Festival China 2002 To See The Great Wall Through a Pinhole (The Great Wall) Camera Obscura Image Pingyao International Photography Festival China 2003 The Great Wall . National Library of China Beijing, China 2003 Beijing Middle Axis Series Pingyao International Photography Festival China 2004 Chinese Contemporary Photography 798 Time Space Beijing, China 2005 Shi Guorui Camera Obscura Exhibition London UK
Selected Group Exhibition:
2002 The 2nd International Art Biennial of Buenos Aires National Museum of Argentina, Argentina 2003 Promenade e’difiante et Curieuse au Pavillon des Images, Paris, France 2003 DNA Visual Exhibition Nanxin Ming Dynasty Warehouse Beijing, China 2004 Chinese Contemporary Art Gallery, Beijing, China 2004 Forbidden City ---International Photography Exhibition The Palace Museum , Beijing, China 2004 Public Space and Urban Environment The 1st Architectural Biennial Beijing, China 2005 “ Re-viewing the City” Guangzhou Photo Biennial The Fine Arts Museum of Guangdong, China 2005 Chinese Contemporary Photography Rome International Photography Festival, Italy 2005 “MAHJONG---Chinesische Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Sigg” The Museum of Fine Arts in Berne, Switzerland 2005 Contemporary Camera Obscura Photo Exhibition Klotz Gallery New York USA
The information below are about my collection
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Funds National dart Contemporary, Paris Guangdong Fine Art Museum, China Zhengzhou Museum, China
Shi Guo Rui: Shi Guo Rui born in Shanxi province, China, in 1964, He is best known for monumental black-and white photographs of landscapes. His unique silver gelatin prints are negtives made by transforming a room into a pinhole camera obscura chamber. Directly exposed, often over many hours, onto photosensitive paper, these vistas appear as solarized images, their ethereal platinum tones imbuing the scenes with a haunting melancholy. From an early concentration on the Great Wall, He has turned lately to more cityscapes, including Shanghai, Beijing.
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