Chen Wei: Fractured Chapters

Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle is pleased to present a new solo show by Chinese photo artist Chen Wei after six years. The exhibition title “Fractured Chapters” alludes to the fragmentary perception of people, which is often subjectively distorted. Chen Wei plays with this ambiguity in his image-making. ‘We all live in mutual misunderstandings and biases. Differences breed culture and propose coexistence. These give birth to unreachable goals, unspeakable subjects, and a New City that is always under construction.’

Since 2013 the artist has been working on the series “New City”, which primarily reflects the effects of the rapid growth of Chinese megacities since the 1990s on Chinese society and its cityscape. It shows the simultaneity of modernity, innovation, decay and abandonment. The speed of progress creates a feeling that is characterized by a mixture of fascination and melancholy.