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Filmmaker, painter unite at new show
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“NOBODY Knows Where” is the very first collaborative exhibition between Australian cinematographer Christopher Doyle and Shanghai Contemporary artist Zhang Enli.
The exhibition, currently on display at the Aurora Museum, presents film and photo works by Doyle alongside paintings and installations by Zhang. A collaborative installation piece made by the duo is also on view.
With dozens of awards and nominations to his name, Doyle has served as director of photography on over 50 Chinese-language films, including classics like “Chungking Express,” “Temptress Moon” and “Happy Together.”
Doyle’s work on “In the Mood for Love” earned him the Technical Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000. He also won the Best Cinematography Award for “Ashes of Time” at the Venice International Film Festival in 1994.
Doyle’s exhibition partner, Zhang Enli, is one of the first Chinese painters of his generation to be recognized in the West. Over the years, Zhang has been invited to participate in Art Basel and a number of other major biennales. Zhang’s canvases can be found at Tate London and UBS Art Collection, among other galleries and museums.
On display at the show is an installation by Zhang entitled “Empty Room,” a giant architectural piece made entirely from boxes and cartons. Covering over 200 square-meters, this piece is one of the largest ever undertaken by the artist.
Artists brought together
It is also a piece that sees the work of Zhang and Doyle brought together, for projected on the floor of the installation is a film of Zhang at work in his studio captured from above by Doyle.
“Empty Room” is one of multiple large-scale installations by Zhang on display for the exhibition. Like this giant work, Zhang’s other pieces incorporate architectural elements and features of the museum space itself.
Meanwhile, in the museum’s multi-purpose room, viewers can watch a series of short video clips created by Doyle.
These “degenerative” pieces, as they are called, come from films that Doyle has worked on. The clips are meant to demystify the artistic process by presenting familiar images in a wholly new context.
Date: Through August 31,
10am-5pm
Venue: Aurora Museum
Address: 99 Fucheng Rd
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