City Art Centre – China: A Photographic Portrait
2 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE. 0131 529 3993China: A Photographic Portrait
This exhibition is an unprecedented and unique photographic record, documenting the changing face of China over 50 years. Brought to Edinburgh the only UK venue - by the Confucius Institute for Scotland, it is a pictorial selfportrait offering an unparalleled glimpse of life in China through the lenses of 250 photographers during a period of rapid social modernisation.
The 600 photographs date from 1951 onwards, with the majority taken in the last 20 years. They record in detail the daily lives - both public and private of ordinary Chinese people, of varying ages and from diverse backgrounds, at work, rest and play, in major cities and the countryside. They strikingly portray the impact radical social upheaval has had on the individual in recent generations.
As well as the glossy exterior of the economic boom in China’s cities, the exhibition records the significance of radical cultural change from the vantage point of photographers living in China, creating images that reflect the real China with a true authenticity. The exhibition is divided into four themed sections: existence, relationships, desire and time.
The exhibition has been organised by the Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China. It is a highlight of the yearlong China Now in Scotland festival.
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Festival Scavengers
Edinburgh artist Joshua Sofaer has created the supreme scavenger hunt. At the end of the hunt the collection of strange and wonderful objects form the basis of this week long exhibition.
18 Aug - 25 Aug
Admission Free
5 Jul - 14 Sept
Mon - Sat
10am - 5pm
Sun 12 noon - 5pm
£5.00 (£3.50/£2.50)
Gallery events
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