The AiWeiwei approved photographer LuoYang discusses a decade spent photographing Chinese women ✨
’s intimate imagery conveys an undeniable sense of softness, but beneath the fragile veneer lies a resolute layer of strength. Her photographs are primarily an exploration of individual identity, which the Beijing-based artist captures with disarming honesty and a vulnerability that never fails to reveal genuine boldness. “I’m from a very small town in northern China, where most people don’t think of being an artist as a real occupation,” Yang tells AnOther.
Currently showing at Bangkok’s Woofpack and RDX Offsite, a ten-year retrospective co-curated by Chomwan Weeraworawit is revisiting the career of the image-maker described by Ai Weiwei as a “rising star of Chinese photography”. Presented by Moonduckling Films, the exhibition is titledWang Yanyun, 2016The collection of images includes portraits of Chinese women Yang has met in her private life, in a raw visual exploration of contemporary Chinese female identity.
Underlying tensions and ambivalent emotions are at the heart of Yang’s images, denying the viewer the possibility of a conclusive reading. In her work, highly staged portraits and carefully constructed poses alternate with a raw, blurred snapshot aesthetic; Yang works with film cameras only, deliberately slowing down the creative process and focusing on capturing a unique moment rather than refining an image in post-production.
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