As evident in several of his earlier paintings from the 1990’s, Liang Weizhou has regularly explored the visual and conceptual relationship between painting and photography. Occasionally going so far as painting self-portraits with a camera and tripod on his canvas, it is clear the medium of photography and the contemplation of its ability to capture the myriad details before the artist’s eyes has always been present in Liang Weizhou’s conceptualization and realization of his artwork. After continued exploration and experimentation of the photographic image and process, Liang Weizhou has now clearly discovered his own visual language of interweaving his painting aesthetics with the continuing theme and subject matter of the often isolated and existential ordinary and intimate still life interiors. This can be seen in his photographs depicting a single hanging light bulb or an electrical socket, as well as the painterly and poetic landscapes found in his photographs from the nature reserve on Chongming Island, or in photographs such as “Small Fishing Boat” from Yunnan Province.
Furthering in a long tradition of artists exploring the possibilities found between painting and photography, Liang Weizhou’s photographic works can be seen as a direct evolution from his earlier roots in painting. Now empowering traditional photography with various techniques of photo montage, selective coloring, painting and digital retouching, the photographs of Liang Weizhou offer the viewer an abstract and dreamlike aesthetic that can often only be found in painting itself.
Liang Weizhou, born in Shanghai, China, lives and works in the city. His painting and photography works in addition to being widely exhibited in China have also been shown in galleries and museums across Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, Russia, Singapore, and the United States. His photography works are also in the permanent collection of the Shanghai Art Museum where they were exhibited in a solo exhibition in 2007 and will be exhibited at the prestigious Zeit Foto gallery in Tokyo in Spring 2008.
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2008年3月29日m97画廊将非常荣幸的展出上海艺术家梁卫州《景物志》摄影作品个人展。为此，m97画廊将于3月29日（星期六）下午4－7点在画廊为此次摄影展举行一个开幕仪式。
梁卫州是上海籍画家，在过去的15年内因其表现主义作品而闻名，并获得了诸多好评。 从1990年代时的几幅早期绘画作品开始，梁卫州已经开始经常性的探寻起绘画与摄影之间在视觉上以及概念上的关系，有时艺术家甚至会用照相机和三角架在画布上作自画像。显然，在梁卫州或抽象或现实的艺术作品中呈现了摄影的介质以及艺术家捕捉细节的能力。在不断探索试验摄影影像和技术处理后，如今梁卫州已经明确找到了自己的视觉语言，将自己的绘画美学与连续主题和主体相结合，而这些主体原来通常是彼此孤立存在的人们日常所熟悉的静态生命内部。这些都可以在他的照片中体现出来，如一个悬挂着的灯泡、插座，或是他拍摄的崇明岛的自然保护区如诗如画的风景，或是他在云南省创作的摄影作品“小渔船”。
由于长时间的探索绘画和摄影之间的可能关系，梁卫州的摄影作品可以看作是他早期绘画作品的延伸。此外，在摄影技术上对影像蒙太奇、主观色彩、主观着色、绘画以及数字处理等多种技术的运用，使梁卫州的摄影作品给观众呈现了平时只有在绘画作品中才有的抽象的、梦幻的美感。
梁卫州出生于中国上海，在上海生活和工作。他的画作和摄影作品除了在中国内地展出外，还在欧洲、美国、日本、香港、俄罗斯、新加坡的画廊和博物馆展出。他的摄影作品同时也被上海美术馆永久收藏。上海美术馆曾于2007年举办了梁卫州的摄影作品个人展。此外，梁卫州的作品还将于2008年春在日本东京的Zeit Foto 画廊展出。
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