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SUMMARY:Seasons
DESCRIPTION:  For Immediate Release:  December 5\, 2008 SEASONS Recent
	 Works by Hong Lei  January 8 – February 21\, 2009  Artist reception: 
	Thursday\, January 8\, 2009 6-8pm  Chambers Fine Art announces the ope
	ning on January 8th\, 2009 of Seasons: Hong Lei's Recent Works. Born i
	n Changzhou\, Jiangsu Province in 1960\, Hong Lei graduated from the N
	anjing Academy of Art in 1987. Abandoning oil painting in the mid-1990
	s\, he turned to photography as a medium for the exploration of a wide
	 range of cultural issues. Among the images that first attracted inter
	national attention were Autumn in the Forbidden City (West Veranda)\, 
	1997 and Chinese Landscape (Zhuozheng Gardens)\, 1998\, views of the s
	upreme symbol of imperial power and a traditional Chinese garden suffu
	sed with ominous washes of red pigment.  As familiar with the great cu
	ltural achievements of the Song Dynasty as he was with the latest phot
	ographic techniques\, Hong Lei continued his investigations by recreat
	ing the former in terms of the latter. In works such as After Song Dyn
	asty Circle Series\, 2000 and After Song Dynasty “Sakyamuni Coming out
	 of the Mountains” by Liang Kai\, 1998\, the camera lens is unsparing 
	in its recording of the troubling aspects of the subject matter\, a de
	ad bird in one of the images from the Circle Series and the disheveled
	\, un-idealized figure of Sakyamuni.  After the success of his two exh
	ibitions at Chambers Fine Art New York – Hong Lei's Narrative\, 2003 a
	nd Transmitting the Ancient\, 2006 - Hong Lei makes his third appearan
	ce at Chambers Fine Art New York with a new series of paintings based 
	on his own photographs of landscapes and gardens. In three large paint
	ings executed in fabric pigment on silk\, the dark tonality of the med
	ium creates an aura of mystery as unexpected elements disturb the tran
	quility of the scene. In fifteen vertical paintings named after the tr
	aditional Chinese agricultural calendar which was followed by farmers 
	for planting\, harvesting and storing crops\, Hong Lei superimposes wh
	ite silk panels embroidered with symbolic plants and animals above dar
	k toned images of gardens related to the larger paintings but lacking 
	their air of menace.  Having largely abandoned painting for the greate
	r part of his professional career\, Hong Lei increasingly felt the des
	ire to extend the range of his activities and work on a lager scale. W
	hilst the subject matter has not changed\, his new works are striking 
	evidence of his ability to find creative solutions to formal and techn
	ical problems. Always noted for their technical finesse\, Hong Lei's n
	ew works succeed in fusing separate aspects of his previous practices 
	– painting\, photography and embroidery – into a series of hauntingly 
	hybrid works. For further information\, please contact the gallery at 
	212.414.1169 or cfa@chambersfineart.com \n
LOCATION:Chambers Fine Art @ 210 Eleventh Avenue Fourth Floor, New Yor
	k, New York 10001 United States
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