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Michael Wolf
Speaker At World Economic Forum
Traditions in Contemporary Art
25th-29th January 2012
Exhibiting his large-scale photographs, German photographer Michael Wolf questions notions of growth, individuality and anonymity in a crowded global metropolis.
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CHEN WEI
Winner of the 1st Asia Pacific Photography Award 2011
"Chen Wei was chosen for his original language - constantly engaged in a dialogue with the tradition of staged photography - and for his impressive presence at the fair, presented by M97 Gallery."
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Michael Kenna
Now represented in China by m97 Gallery
Known for his ethereal black and white landscapes and exquisite silver gelatin photographs, m97 Gallery is pleased to announce the representation of internationally acclaimed photographer Michael Kenna.
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Image left: "Skyline, Shanghai, Study 5, China, 2011"
Tokyo Compression
Michael Wolf
Martin Parr’s Best Books of the Decade
Michael Wolf’s "TOKYO COMPRESSION" is among Martin Parr’s selection of the 30 most influential photobooks of the last decade.
Click here to see Michael Wolf’sTokyo Compression photographs.
Liang Weizhou: 6 x 6 world
China Life Magazine
Writer and critic Jiang Wei writes about artist Liang Weizhou going from canvas to camera.
June 2011
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Wang Ningde: Eyes Wide Shut
Timeout Shanghai
Timeout journalist Berwin Song speaks with artist Wang Ningde, and writes about his works.
June 17, 2011
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Sun Ji: 看不见与被遗忘的城市人
新世纪 New Century
Article by Berenice Angremy, on Sun Ji’s Memory City photography series.
March 28, 2011
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Robert van der Hilst: China inside out
Shanghai Daily
"China inside out", interview essay about artist Robert van der Hilst and his photography works, by Shanghai Daily journalist Liu Xiaolin.
April 10, 2011
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Liang Weizhou: A Painted Perspective
New York Arts
New York Arts writes about Liang Weizhou, and his latest ’A Painted Perspective’ exhibition at m97 Gallery.
Fall 2010 Issue
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ART OF SEEING WORKSHOP
@ m97 GALLERY
"Appreciating and Collecting Contemporary Photography"
Thursday 28th April 2011, 5 pm
Price: RMB 300, includes dinner.
Language: English
Class Size: 15-20 people
Registration: info@m97gallery.com
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Art Hong Kong 2011
2011香港国际艺术展
Hong Kong Convention Center
26-29 May 2011
Visit us at Booth 3C02
Robert van der Hilst speaks with
Bound Editorial
Bound Editorial interviews Robert van der Hilst and writes about his photography works.
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JAMES WHITLOW DELANO
"The Mercy Project / Inochi "
"What Does Mercy Look Like?" By Niko Koppel. Posted on The New York Times Lens Blog.
February 22, 2011
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JAMES WHITLOW DELANO
"Scorched Earth: China’s Wounded Environment"
Took 1st place in the Picture of the Year International competition in the Science / Natural History Picture Story category.
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Liang Weizhou: Artist goes from canvas to camera
Shanghai Daily
Shanghai Daily writes about Liang Weizhou’s photography works, and the latest "A Painted Perspective" exhibition.
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Michael Wolf wins an Honorable Mention
World Press Photo awards
Michael Wolf’s "A Series of Unfortunate Events, Google Street View" wins an Honorable Mention in the "Contemporary Issues" category in World Press Photo Awards
Wolf speaks with British Journal of Photography.
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MICHAEL WOLF
"Hong Kong Corner Houses"
Photographer Michael Wolf takes a last look at a unique Hong Kong building style
February 6, 2011
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MICHAEL WOLF
"TOKYO COMPRESSION" & "PARIS STREET VIEW"
ON GERMAN TV - 3SAT CHANNEL
February 2, 2011
Click here to watch the film (5:40, German).
Click here for broadcast schedule on the 3Sat Channel, Germany.
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JAMES WHITLOW DELANO
Toscana Photographic Workshops
Documentary Storytelling workshop with James Whitlow Delano
Bangkok, Thailand
March 13 - 19,2011
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NADAV KANDER
YANGTZE - THE LONG RIVER
Interview with Nadav Kander on BBC World Service Art program "The Strand"
16 December 2010
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MICHAEL WOLF
SHORTLISTED FOR PRIX PICTET AWARD "GROWTH" 2010
Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire
November 13 - November 17 2010
17, rue des Filles-du-Calvaire
75003 Paris
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NADAV KANDER
YANGTZE - THE LONG RIVER
Lens Culture Conversations with Photographer Nadav Kander - Video Interview
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PETER BIALOBRZESKI: "PARADISE NOW"
BREDA PHOTO FESTIVAL
16 September - 24 October 2010
Chassépark, Breda, The Netherlands
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MICHAEL WOLF: "TRANSPARENT CITY"
BREDA PHOTO FESTIVAL
16 September - 24 October 2010
Chassépark, Breda, The Netherlands
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CHINA PHOTOGRAPHS MADRID
LI WEI, HAN LEI, MA LIANG
17 October - 31 October 2010
Opening: Sunday 17 October 2010, 6 pm
The Temporary Exhibition Hall and the Air Tree of Madrid Pavilion at EXPO
Door 3, Baotun Rd near Bangsongyuan Rd
Li Wei, Han Lei and Maleonn creatively capture with their lens that which captured their attention in a recent visit to the Spanish capital, Madrid.
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MICHAEL WOLF: "TOKYO COMPRESSION"
PHOTONEWS MAGAZINE
October 2010 Issue Volume 22
Photonews Magazine featured Michael Wolf’s new series "Tokyo Compression" as a cover story in their October Issue.
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ART OF SEEING WORKSHOP AT m97 GALLERY
"Appreciating and Collecting Contemporary Photography"
Sunday 31 October 2010, 5 pm
Price: RMB 300, includes dinner.
Language: English
Class Size: 15-20 people
Registration until Oct 26: info@m97gallery.com
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Other workshops in this series:
Sunday Oct 17: OV Gallery
Sunday Nov 7: Osage Gallery
Sunday Nov 14: Art+Shanghai Gallery
PETER BIALOBRZESKI: "PARADISE NOW"
DAEGU PHOTO BIENNALE 2010
"PARADISE NOW" selected for the "Seconds of Life" Main Exhibition at the Biennale.
30 September - 24 October 2010
Culture and Art Center, Daegu, South Korea
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MICHAEL WOLF: "ARCHITECTURE OF DENSITY"
The Venice Biennale of Architecture - Hong Kong Pavilion
29th August - 21st November 2010
Ca’ Giustinian, San Marco 1364/A
30124 Venezia
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MICHAEL WOLF: Book Releases
"Tokyo Compression" and "asoue"
Michael Wolf’s two new series, "Tokyo Compression" and "A Series of Unfortunate Events-ASOUE" have just been released by the German publisher Peperoni Books.
For more details or to place an order please visit our Publications page.
NADAV KANDER: "’Yangtze’ series monograph"
PRIX PICTET
Nadav Kander’s Prix Pictet-winning series, ‘Yangtze, The Long River’ is to be published in a monograph by the German publisher Hatje Cantz.
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Click here to learn more about the making of the book. By Hatje Cantz publisher Markus Hartmann.
LI WEI: "NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE"
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
An article by NPR introducing Li Wei’s photography.
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JAMES WHITLOW DELANO: "SELLING SPRING"
EYEMAZING PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE
Extract from EYEMAZING Summer Issue 2010
A review by Clayton Maxwell of James Whitlow Delano’s recent photography series "Selling Spring".
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NADAV KANDER: "OBAMA’S PEOPLE"
THE KENNEDYS MUSEUM, BERLIN, GERMANY
THE KENNEDYS MUSEUM
Pariser Platz 4a
10117 Berlin-Mitte
March 20, 2010 - October 31, 2010
(Opening Hours: Daily 10:00 am – 6:00 pm)
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NADAV KANDER’s “Yangtze River”
Prix Pictet Laureats at Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Espace Arlaud, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, 18 June – 25 July 2010
The Prix Pictet and Musée de l’Elysée presents the first exhibition of the two winners of the main award, Benoit Aquin and Nadav Kander, and the two commissioned artists, Munem Wasif and Ed Kashi.
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MICHAEL WOLF: "ARCHITECTURE OF DENSITY"
ART HK: A walking tour of the Hong Kong Art fair
Hong Kong’s High-rises at Its Most Lyrical / m97 (Booth M08)
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Art Hong Kong 2010
Hong Kong International Art Fair
香港国际艺术展
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center
26-30 May 2010
Visit us at Booth M08
Exhibiting Artists: Bai Yiluo, Han Lei, Li Wei, Liu Ren, Nadav Kander, Peter Bialobrzeski, Wang Ningde, Yang Yong.
Solo Presentation: Michael Wolf, Hong Kong Architecture
Artist’s Talk & Book Signing: Michael Wolf "Hong Kong Inside / Outside", Thursday 5/27, 3:30pm Booth M08
Shanghai Curators: Steven Harris
That’s Shanghai
A Series by That’s Shanghai interviewing gallerists and curators in the Shanghai art scene.
April 1, 2010
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Michael Wolf "Paris Street View"
FOAM Museum, Amsterdam
Paris Street View will be exhibited in an outdoor exhibition on the Zuidas Park, Amsterdam
March 12 - April 11, 2010
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Han Lei’s "THE LIGHT OF DAY"
ARTslant
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Art of Seeing
Decoding Contemporary Chinese Art
Art workshop aimed at developing analytical skills and building insider knowledge
Date: March 14/21/28
Times: Class 5-7pm, Dinner 7.30-9pm
Registration Deadline: March 9
Cost: RMB 300 per class includes dinner
Information: pr@ovgallery.com 139 1637 3474
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Michael Wolf upcoming lecture
University of Hong Kong
"Artist’s Talk, Life in Cities" a special lecture by Michael Wolf
Date: 17 March, 2010
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Room 318, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong
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Chen Wei: "Just Absent: Interview with Chen Wei"
Art Gallery Magazine
Issue 135/Feb 2010
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Also Yang Yi’s and Sun Ji’s works are in the Art Gallery Magazine
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Michael Wolf wins 1st place
World Press Photo awards
Wolf’s "Tokyo Subway Dreams" series wins 1st place in the "Daily Life" category in World Press Photo Awards
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Peter Bialobrzeski wins 2nd place in the World Press Photo awards
Bialobrzeski’s "Paradise Now" series wins 2nd place in the "Nature" category.
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Peter’s upcoming Solo Exhibition at m97 opens May 15th, 2010
Michael Wolf’s Exhibition at Aperture Gallery
"Transparent City", November 12 – December 31, 2009
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m97 Gallery in Time Out Shanghai Magazine, Launch Issue, January 2010
m97 Gallery Mounting & Framing Services "BEST FOR FINE ART"
Five m97 Artists featured on CNNGO.com
Art Through A Lens: Five Emerging Chinese Photographers
Chen Wei, Liu Ren, Maleonn, Yang Yi and Zeng Han. Five Emerging Chinese Photographers You Don’t Know You Should.
Written by Michele Travierso
6 January, 2010
MENG Jin & FANG Er in Chinese Photography Magazine
ISSUE 12 2009
MENG Jin & FANG Er’s Love Hotel series is featured at length in the Chinese Photography Magazine.
Article: "Disassembly & Recombination - MENG Jin and FANG Er’s Love Hotel" - Written by ZHENG Nong
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LU Jun wins 1st Place Photography Prize at Florence Biennale 2009
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Nadav Kander winner of the Prix Pictet 2009
Kofi Annan, Honorary President of the Prix Pictet, announces the winner in Paris, on October 23, 2009.
Link: "Prix Pictet Winners Announced"
Making the formal presentation at an awards dinner at the Passage de Retz in Paris, Kofi Annan said that the photographs were a compelling call for action to tackle climate change, the most serious humanitarian and environmental challenge facing the world today.
Click to see more works from Nadav Kander’s "Yangtze, The Long River" series.
MICHAEL WOLF AND JIANG ZHI
IN CHINA-GERMANY CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION
SHANGHAI, TIMES SQUARE
September 18 - October 12, 2009
Meng Jin at Photoquai 2009
Created in 2007 by the Quai Branly Museum, PHOTOQUAI presents an exhibition on the embankments of the Seine featuring MENG Jin’s A Room With A View series.
September 22 - November 22, 2009
Click to see more of MENG Jin’s photography works:
Love Hotel, currently on view at m97 Gallery.
Every Room Is Illuminated
Will You Come, Or Shall I Go?
Han Lei in EYEMAZING Magazine
ISSUE 02 2009
Han Lei’s Portraits series is featured at length in the summer issue of EYEMAZING Magazine.
Article: "HAN Lei: Theater of Ordinary Life’s Small-Time, Bit-Part Players" - Written by Maya Kovskaya
Summer 2009
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Nadav Kander | Yangtze River
Sun Ji | Memory City
Nadav Kander named a finalist for the 2009 Prix Pictect ’Earth’ prize for environmental sustainability. Young Shanghainese photographer Sun Ji’s Memory City works were also nominated for the prize.
July 9, 2009
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Best Gallery of Shanghai 2009
That’s Shanghai | Urbanatomy
Nominated by That’s Shanghai as one of the best galleries in Shanghai
Cast your vote for m97!
Parallax Exhibition Review
That’s Shanghai Magazine
"The Odd Couples: m97 & Eastlink"
Written by Berwin Song & Caroline Welles
April 8, 2009
Parallax Exhibition Review
City Weekend Magazine Shanghai
Art Review: "Evolution of Style"
Written by Kellie Schmitt
March 19, 2009
Michael Wolf Interview
"Transparent City" Exhibition in Chicago
Interview by Chicago Public Radio
Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
January 15, 2009
Nadav Kander
New York Times Magazine
Behind ‘Obama’s People’
Interactive Feature: Obama’s People
Written by Gerald Marzorati
January 14, 2009
Photos and behind the scenes of Nadav Kander’s photo shoot of Barack Obama’s administration.
Nadav Kander
CNN
Renowned photographer captures China’s change
December 31, 2008
Written by Mairi Mackay
Interview with Nadav Kander
Eastern Standard: Western Artists in China
Opening: Feb 2, 2008, 9:00 pm
Duration: Feb 2, 2008 - Feb 16, 2009
Venue: Mass MOCA (Massachusetts, USA)
Michael Wolf at Eastern Standard: Western Artists in China group exhibition.
Fourth Lianzhou International Photo Festival
第四届连洲国际摄影年展
Curator: Li Xianting, Bao Kun, Jiang Wei
Duration: Dec 6 - Dec 11 2008
Venue: The Candy Factory, The Shoe Factory, The Granary, Lianzhou
Participating Artists: James Whitlow Delano, Nadav Kander, Howard French, Sun Ji, and many others
Exquisite Corpse Exhibition Review
That’s Shanghai Magazine
Written by Hollie Clemence
December 2, 2008
Exhibition review pdf download->
Ma Liang "Mirror Garden" Solo Exhibition
马良《镜园》摄影作品展览
Duration: Nov 26 - Dec 4 2008
Venue: Shanghai Art Museum (Shanghai, China)
上海美术馆
MICHAEL WOLF Solo Exhibition
The Transparent City
Duration: Nov 14 2008 - Jan 31 2009
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
(Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Michael Wolf lecture on November 20 6:30pm at Ferguson Lecture Hall, 600 S. Michigan Ave.
Art Forum: Michael Wolf’s 500 Words
Michael Wolf
Leaves of Glass
Metropolis Mag Nov 2008
pdf download->
Details of Michael Wolf’s book Transparent City
Published by Aperture, ISBN: 978-1-59711-076-1
PhotoVoice Lecture Series
Nadav Kander: In discussion with Joanna Pitman (The Times)
Time: Nov 18 2008 7pm
Venue: Royal Geographical Society
(London, UK)
Nadav Kander
Nadav Kander’s best shot
The Guardian Nov 2008
Interview by Leo Benedictus pdf download->
Nadav Kander
China seen through bridges and the Yangtze
Financial Times Nov 2008
Flowers East gallery exhibition review pdf download->
Michael Wolf Group Exhibition
Shanghai MoCA Envisage II - Butterfly Dream
Duration: Sep 10 - Dec 10 2008
Venue: MOCA Shanghai (Shanghai, China)
AW Asia
AW Asia Announces the Sale of a Collection of Chinese Contemporary Photographs to MOMA pdf download->
Liang Weizhou Solo Exhibition
Scenery
景物志
Duration: May 5 - June 4 2008
Venue: Zeit Foto-Salon (Tokyo, Japan)
China Design Now
Duration: March 15 - July 13 2008
Venue: V&A Museum (London, UK)
pdf download->
Participating Artists: Michael Wolf, Ma Liang, Meng Jin, Fang Er and many others
Fotofest 2008 China
Duration: March 7 - April 20 2008
Venue: Houston, TX USA
Participating Artists: Zeng Han, Hong Lei, Liu Ren, Jiang Zhi, Li Lang, Bai Yiluo and many others
SHcontemporary 2007
Best of Discovery: Jiang Zhi
Best Photography Gallery in China
Photographer’s Magazine, China
Voted by editors and readers of Photography Magazine
as best photography gallery in China.
Get It Louder
Duration: June 23 - July 8 2007
Venue: Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu
Participating Artists: Meng Jin, Fang Er, Peng & Chen, and many others
2007 Guangzhou Photo Biennial
Evolution
Duration: May 17 - July 8th 2007
Venue: Guangdong Museum of Art
Participating Artists: Meng Jin, Wang Miao, Wang Zhiping, Qiu Zhijie, and many others
Jiang Zhi Solo Exhibition
Double Rooms
Duration: June 23 - July 12 2006
Venue: Zhu Qizhan Art Museum (Shanghai, China)
The 2nd Guangzhou Triennial of Art
Duration: Nov 18 2005- Jan 15 2006
Venue: Guangdong Museum of Art (Guangdong, China)
Participating Artists: Jiang Zhi, Cao Fei, Qiu Zhijie, and many others
Meng Jin Group Exhibition
Inactivation
Duration: May 28 - June 26 2006
Venue: Shanghai Art Museum (Shanghai, China)
Meng Jin Group Exhibition
The Thirteen: Chinese Video Now
Duration: Feb 26 - April 24 2006
Venue: PS1 Contemporary Art Center (New York, New York, USA)
James Whitlow Delano
Empire: Impressions from China
帝国：印象中国
Duration: Oct - Nov 2005
Venue: La Triennale di Milano Art Museum (Milano, Italy)
Nadav Kander Solo Exhibition
Keep Your Distance | Palais de Tokyo
Duration: Sep 21- Sep 25 2005
Venue: Palais de Tokyo (Paris, France)