“Dark room” and “staging of pictures” are two major methods that have been commonly used in photography, presenting photographers with different possibilities and leading to two opposing directions. At the same time, they would provoke all kinds of questioning, thinking and studying. “On Site” by Cai Weidong depicts a set-up scene of a dark room, combining the two subjects in one single work. The figure by the side of the dark room reminds us of ways to stage an event, giving the work another layer of meaning and encouraging viewers to think about these most important issues in photography.
Relevant Report:
May,2010-SURFACE-Review-Art Shuffler
http://www.zcom.com/m/surfacebiaomian/15388/
51㎡: No.6 Cai Weidong
2010.04.17 - 2010.05.04
Artist(s):Cai Weidong
Curator(s):Tang Xin, Su Wenxiang
2017
- Light Pavilion Project / Ce. Zhenhao: Fong Fo Film Studio
- Drawing Pogo
- Light Pavilion Project / Jiu Jiu: Fantastic Grounds - Tomorrow
- Light Pavilion Project / Good Painting
- Portrait Hot: Taikang Photography Collection
2016
- Taikang New Generation Curator Program / Toward the Emergence of Resistance
- Light Pavilion Project / Liu Zhangbolong: La Gaya Scienza
- Centennial Presents in Return: Exhibition of Alumni Donation from Chen Dongsheng and Li Yifei
- Light Pavilion Project / Wang Tuo: A Little Violence of Organized Forgetting
- Light Pavilion Project / Yang Guangnan: Dyspepsia
- LOVE-ADDICT
- The Weight of Spirit: Selection of Taikang Collection 2016
- Ghost in Flash: After Photography
- Light Pavilion Project / Hu Qingtai: Two Parts
- Light Pavilion Project / Liang Ban: Slightly Concussed
- Light Pavilion Project / Hao Jingban: Over-romanticism
- Bio-archiving: Underground Music in Shenyang 1995-2002
2015
- POLIT-SHEER-FORM MEETING: THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF POLIT-SHEER-FORM
- Norman Bethune: Coevolution of Hero and Photography
- Back Home, Run Away: A Sample of Artistic Geography
- Fusion: Chinese Modern and Contemporary Art since 1930s
- At China: Early Photography And Photographic Techniques
2014
- THE FIRST DAWN
- LOVE STORY
- SLOW SHUTTER
- Xu Qu: Tennis Court
- Poppy: Zhang Hai'er Photography
- Pull Left: Not Always Right
- You Are Damn Wrong
- Transience: Intractable Objects
2013
- Jia Xiaoding: ENDLESS
- From Fuxingmen to Caochangdi: Taikang Space 2003—
- Wang Zhenfei: CONTROL
- Liu Xinyi: EXCITATION WAVES
- Groundwork Community
- Pessimism or Resistance?
2012
- Rural North China 1947-1948
- Cai Dongdong: PULLING TO THE LEFT
- Sunset Vacuum Plug
- Gao Weigang: SUPERSTITION
- Painting: Jin Shangyi & Zhang Shujian
- La Chambre Claire
2011
- Three Openings of Xiangqian Art Museum
- EXHIBITION
- Holy Land of Revolution & Legends of Shanghai: 4th Retrospective Photography Exhibition of Wu Yinxian
- IMAGE·HISTORY·EXISTENCE——TAIKANG LIFE 15th ANNIVERSARY ART COLLECTION EXHIBITION
- Present Continuous Past(s)
- Valiant & Heroic Peripateticism: 3rd Retrospective Photography Exhibition of Wu Yinxian
- 51㎡:16 Emerging Chinese Artists
2010
- 51㎡: No.16 Wang Yuyang
- 51㎡: No.15 Liang Yuanwei
- 51㎡: No.14 Yan Bing
- Genuine Colors & Images•All Sorts of Flowers Are in Bloom: 2nd Retrospective Photography Exhibition of Wu Yinxian
- 51㎡: No.13 Liu Chuang
- 51㎡: No.12 Ma Qiusha
- 51㎡: No.11 Xu Qu
- 51㎡: No.10 Lu Zhengyuan
- 51㎡: No.9 Pei Li
- 51㎡: No.8 Xin Yunpeng
- 51㎡: No.7 Hu Xiangqian
- 51㎡: No.6 Cai Weidong
- 51㎡: No.5 Li Mu
- In Between: Han Lei Photography Exhibition
- 51㎡: No.4 Wang Sishun
2009
- 51㎡:3# Zhao Yao
- 51㎡:2# Su Wenxiang
- Beijing Hotel and the Great Hall of the People: 1st Retrospective Photography Exhibition of Wu Yinxian
- 51㎡:1# Zhao Zhao
- Subjective Images
- Luo Yang
2008
- Lost Fuchun Mountain: Shu Hao Solo Exhibition
- Peppermint: Drawings by Yan Cong
- Spirit | Life: Jiang Jianjun’s Aesthetic Narrative
- Good Times: Chen Hongbo Solo Exhibition
- Chen Weiqun: Photo-Chromato
2007
- One Work: Propitiation of Liu Wei + Chen Haoyu
- Illusion–Running Away: Shu Hao’s Exhibition
- Box Space, Space Box: Ma Qiusha’s Photographs
- TIME LAPSE
- Mirage: Sun Hongbin Solo Exhibition
- Beautiful Plan: Han Yajuan Solo Exhibition