Qart, opening reception 7-9pm
Q Art is pleased to announce Intimate Distance, a photography exhibition featuring nearly fifty photographs by nine photographers of the Chinese diaspora in the United States. Young, well-traveled, globally-minded, confident and eloquent… these photographers are distinct from artists of the Social Realism, Kitsch and Pop generations. Individual experience and emotion are the focal points of their artistic creation. While the dual experience of residing in both China and the U.S. underlies the nostalgic melancholy in their works, the refinement of both eastern and western art and literature allows the photographers to engage with a wide range of subjects and employ very different techniques and styles, which are interwoven into the unique richness and sophistication of these photographs.
The physical distance from the home country and the submerged emotional disconnect with the host country often put these photographers in a mood resembling nomads or voyagers. The subdued sense of solitude and strangeness slips through the empty yet stunningly beautiful urban landscape devoid of human presence.
On the other hand, the seeming detachment provides the photographers with a point of entry into their intimate memories and accentuates a stronger personal presence. The close proximity between the photographer and the subject and the conscious aesthetic decisions made by the photographer place the photographer at great intimacy with both the subject and the viewer.
The voyage between distance and intimacy, the past and the present, and here and elsewhere brings us the splendid visual poetics of this exhibition.
Q Art’s temporary location is at 64 Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Exhibition hours are Monday through Sunday, 12 pm to 6 pm. For more information, please call 646.643.1532, or 617.306.3209, visit www.qartspace.com, or email: qart.info@gmail.com.