Mesa Community College is pleased to host the new Smithsonian Traveling Photography Exhibit "Documenting China: Contemporary Photography and Social Change."
Separated from the West by thousands of miles and seemingly insurmountable cultural barriers, China has long been an unfamiliar, romanticized land until recently. In the new exhibition "Documenting China: Contemporary Photography and Social Change," the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) partners with Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston, Maine, to explore the social change in the most populous nation on Earth.
Focusing on the impacts of urbanization and industrialization in China, the exhibition of documentary photographers opens at Mesa Community College on March 1st. "Documenting China" will remain on view through April 27, before continuing on a national tour through 2009.
The exhibition presents the country from an insider's point of view through dramatic works of seven Chinese photographers. With raw black-and-white and color images, photographers Liu Xiaodi, Jiang Jian, Zhang Xinmin, Luo Yongjin, Zhou Hai, Lu Yuanmin and Zhou Min unveil truths about China's internal struggle a battle between modern industrialism and the traditional, agrarian past that has sustained the country for thousands of years.
When: March 1- April 27,
Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Fridays through Sundays, Noon to 4 p.m.
Closed Mondays
Location: Mesa Community College's Southern and Dobson campus, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa, main library (LB145)
Admission: Free of charge
Information: Contact Zoe Luter at (480) 461-7286.
Separated from the West by thousands of miles and seemingly insurmountable cultural barriers, China has long been an unfamiliar, romanticized land until recently. In the new exhibition "Documenting China: Contemporary Photography and Social Change," the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) partners with Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston, Maine, to explore the social change in the most populous nation on Earth.
Focusing on the impacts of urbanization and industrialization in China, the exhibition of documentary photographers opens at Mesa Community College on March 1st. "Documenting China" will remain on view through April 27, before continuing on a national tour through 2009.
The exhibition presents the country from an insider's point of view through dramatic works of seven Chinese photographers. With raw black-and-white and color images, photographers Liu Xiaodi, Jiang Jian, Zhang Xinmin, Luo Yongjin, Zhou Hai, Lu Yuanmin and Zhou Min unveil truths about China's internal struggle a battle between modern industrialism and the traditional, agrarian past that has sustained the country for thousands of years.
When: March 1- April 27,
Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Fridays through Sundays, Noon to 4 p.m.
Closed Mondays
Location: Mesa Community College's Southern and Dobson campus, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa, main library (LB145)
Admission: Free of charge
Information: Contact Zoe Luter at (480) 461-7286.
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