His early work, particularly the "East Village" series, documents the lives and performances of experimental artists in Beijing's East Village, an area that became a hub for avant-garde art in the 1990s.
« It was an issue of knowledge and exposure; they had never encountered avant-garde art or contemporary art. »
Rong Rong
Rong Rong's images are marked by their intimate and raw quality, often depicting the tension between tradition and modernity, decay and growth. In collaboration with his wife, Inri, Rong Rong has also explored themes of identity, nature, and the human condition through their joint projects. Together, they founded the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in Beijing, the first art space in China dedicated solely to photography, ma
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His early work, particularly the "East Village" series, documents the lives and performances of experimental artists in Beijing's East Village, an area that became a hub for avant-garde art in the 1990s.
« It was an issue of knowledge and exposure; they had never encountered avant-garde art or contemporary art. »
Rong Rong
Rong Rong's images are marked by their intimate and raw quality, often depicting the tension between tradition and modernity, decay and growth. In collaboration with his wife, Inri, Rong Rong has also explored themes of identity, nature, and the human condition through their joint projects. Together, they founded the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in Beijing, the first art space in China dedicated solely to photography, making significant contributions to the development of contemporary photography in China. (
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