FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ATTENTION : Arts Editors and Photography Collectors
LA GALERIE PRESENTS “Celestial Realm - MT. Huangshan” WITH WANG WUSHENG
Exhibition of photography
La Galerie is delighted to present a collection of works of Wang Wusheng in the upcoming exhibition “Celestial Realm - MT. Huangshan” in March. Mt. Huangshan will be exhibiting part of the collection of Huangshan series by Wang Wusheng. This collection is one of the remarkable works of Wang. It has been exhibited in United States, Ukraine, Japan and China since the late 80s.
Wang Wusheng captures the mysterious sense of infinity of these iconic mountains in Huangshan, the Yellow Mountain, Anhui, which inspired most glorious Chinese painters. Wang Wusheng says: "These mountains are not mountains, they are the mountains of my mind, they are Qi, black, grey and white balanced to be energy". Wang Wusheng lived 30 years in Japan, coming back to shoot his pictures in China, dedicated to his one life's sole work, Celestial Realm.
Born in 1945 in Wuhu city Anhui Province, China, Wang Wusheng graduated in Physics at Anhui Normal University and in Arts at Tokyo Arts University. He has worked as a journal photographer of the Anhui Newsphoto and Pictorial. He began shooting Hunagshan in 1974.
His photographs are represented in numerous public and private collections, including Friedrich Christian Flick Collection in Berlin, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, National Art Museum of China in Beijing, Shanghai Art Museum, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Robert Klein Gallery in Boston, Kunsthalle Krems in Austria, and in Russia, United States, Ukraine.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
La Galerie, 74 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong www.lagalerie.hk +852 2540 47777
Wang Wusheng
Born in 1945 in Wuhu city Anhui Province, China, Wang Wusheng graduated in Physics at Anhui Normal University and in Arts at Tokyo Arts University. He has worked as a journal photographer of the Anhui Newsphoto and Pictorial. He began shooting Hunagshan in 1974.
Selected Exhibition :
1988 “Visions of the Tranquility of Mount Huangshan” Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo 1995 “Verve of Mt. Huangshan” Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai 1998 “Himmelsberge” with Herny Moore’s Exhibition Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 2000 “Celestial Mountains” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo 2005 “Spirit of the East” with Kaii Higashiyama, United Nations, New York, 2006 Higashiyama Kaii Memorial Hall, Ichikawa, Japan 2013 “Celestial Realm” Barry Friedman Ltd, New York 2014 “Celestial Realm” Brucie Collections, Kiev
La Galerie invites all media on March 17th to the preview of the exhibition from March 17th to April 24th.
For further information and images, contact the gallery and visit the links below.
LA GALERIE CONTACTS Mr Cyril Delettre [email protected] Ms Marie-Florence Gros [email protected] www.lagalerie.hk
La Galerie, 74 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong www.lagalerie.hk +852 2540 47777
LA GALERIE FOUNDERS
Cyril Delettre started as photo journalist working with celebrities for national magazines (Paris Match, L'Express, VSD, Les Cahiers du Cinéma, Le Nouvel Observateur, le Figaro Magazine, Balthazar) before starting to develop artistic projects. For the past few years he has shared his time between art exhibitions, large corporate projects in France (including monumental works for French railway stations) and directing short movies. Marie-Florence Gros worked in business consulting before starting an artistic career. First recognized as a lyricist (working in collaboration with major French artists), she also found success as author with her first book “Tout contre”. She has a PhD in 18th- Century French Literature (Paris Sorbonne) and an MBA from the HEC Paris Business School. With a very sharp and artistic vision, she collaborates on different projects associating texts and visual art such as photography (exhibition Paris/New York, Grandes Lignes with the photographs of Cyril Delettre) or short movies.
ABOUT LA GALERIE
Located at 74 Hollywood Road in Central, La Galerie is one of Hong Kong’s first art spaces specializing in high-standard art photography and prints. Founders Marie- Florence Gros and Cyril Delettre share with the public with passion and expertise at this new gallery, right in the heart of the Asian art scene. La Galerie covers and share all aspects of photography, from fine art photography to selected press photographs. The gallery present international recognized masterpieces, as well as a collection of growing artists.
La Galerie, 74 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong www.lagalerie.hk +852 2540 47777