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SHANGHAI is one of China’s biggest art markets. PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai 2016 has attracted 50 leading galleries from 24 cities and 15 countries including South Korea, Belgium, Israel and Iran. A quarter of these galleries are coming to China for the first time.
This year’s event will pay tribute to world-renowned photographers, such as Gustave le Gray, Elliott Erwitt, William Klein, August Sander, Robert Mapplethorpe and Irving Penn, and also present the works of contemporary artists — Mona Kuhn, Cai Dongdong, Wim Wenders, Ren Hang, Vik Muniz, Shen Wei, Candida Höfer, Wang Youshen and Jiang Pengyi.
Fashion photography will be a highlight at the fair. Works of Mario Sorrenti, Patrick Demarchelier and Jeanloup Sieff will be for sale.
PHOTOFAIRS will unveil “Insights,” an exhibition of museum-quality works for private sale. Insights is a new brand of PHOTOFAIRS and aims to give Chinese art collectors a new experience.
According to Alexander Montague-Sparey, artistic director of PHOTOFAIRS and Shanghai-based curator Biljana Ciric, “Insights” will exhibit the works of 30 extraordinary artists, including Peter Beard, Birdhead, Geng Jianyi, Lee Kit, Helmut Newton, Shao Wenhuan and Sukho Kang.
PHOTOFAIRS, international art fairs dedicated to photography, announced the galleries for its third edition in Shanghai on July 20.
The 50 leading international and local galleries participating in Shanghai will fall into three sectors: Main, and the two new sectors for 2016, Connected and Platform.
Those in Main (for commercial galleries of any age) will show highly ambitious museum-quality presentations.
Platform spotlights international galleries that are exhibiting in Chinese mainland for the first time.
Connected, overseen by eminent Chinese curator Feng Boyi, celebrates artists working within the realm of moving-image in China. It offers collectors the opportunity to view and buy such work for the first time on China's mainland.
PHOTOFAIRS was created by the World Photography Organization in recognition of the growing interest in and demand for photography worldwide. Its destinations in Shanghai and San Francisco provide a distinctive and considered platform for galleries from across the globe.
“The photography market in Asia has seen an unprecedented burst of activity in recent years,” says Christopher Philips, curator of International Center of Photography, New York.
“Regional institutions and private collectors, having finally recognized the significance of photography as a visual medium, are now making serious acquisitions of top-tier historic and contemporary work. PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, because of its energy, professionalism and commitment to the highest standards of quality, has been one of the leading factors in photography’s new visibility among Asian collectors,” adds Philips.
Liu Heung Shing, founder of Shanghai Center of Photography, says: “The idea of collecting photography began in the US in the mid 1970s. In China it began just a few years ago in a small community. PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai serves as a window for a large pool of would-be photography collectors. This potential cannot be underestimated given the size of China and the country will be the largest economy in the next 10 years.”
PHOTOFAIRS key dates:
Press Preview (by invitation only):
September 8
Collectors’ Preview (by invitation only) and Vernissage (by invitation only and select tickets): September 8
VIP Preview (by invitation only and select tickets): September 9
Public opening: September 10-11
PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai is supported by Mercedes-Benz, American Express, Leica, Net-a-Porter and media partner Modern Media Group.
Venue: Shanghai Exhibition Center
Tickets: www.photofairs.org
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