Sponsored by the Asia Center

See beautiful and intriguing scenes of ordinary Chinese rural life, including weddings, and street performances. A native of Xian, China and a staff photographer for the Northwest institute of Research of Hydroelectric Power, Mr. Zhang enjoyed taking artistic photos of people in various cultural setting and landscapes in his free time. His photos have been exhibited around the world and he was the recipient of the “Outstanding Photography” award at the International Photographers Association Conference at Washington, DC in 2004. Mr. Zhang now makes his home in the United States and has started taking photos of American people.

Sponsored by the University of Kentucky Department of Theatre

Sponsored by the University of Kentucky Department of Theatre

 This event is part of the Culture Flux Exhibition, which runs from September 16, 2011 to November 11, 2011.

The two pieces, “Caochangdi” (2009) and “Markets and Malls” (2010-2011), on exhibit in the Lexington Art League’s downtown gallery, consist of sequential photographs shown as continuously looping slide shows and stop action animations.  Caochangdi is an urban village located in Beijing, which is home to a number of upscale contemporary galleries and artist’s studios. Artists and galleries began moving there in the late 1990s following the artist Ai Weiwei, who was one of the first to set up his studio. The mix of traditional village life and contemporary art world provides a rich and endlessly fascinating micro-world in the environs of Beijing. “Markets and Malls” represents the contrast between the new upscale shopping malls and their traditional counterparts in Hong Kong.