ARTISTS >  HONG Lei | 洪磊

 
Biography
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Hong Lei is one of China’s original and most eminent conceptual photographers. At the foundation of his enigmatic works is a rift between Chinese classicalism and a notion of impending cultural destitution. In these two composite photographs Hong Lei’s transient sense of identity is pronounced through different historical periods and across sexual boundaries. Professing themselves to be a direct translation of his dreams world these images are laced with a sense of anxiety that only China’s current reality can affect.