Introduction
To mark the first exhibition of Star Gallery's return to the 798 Art Zone, Liu Heung Shing's solo show “Spring Breeze” will be held during Gallery Weekend Beijing 2019.
Pulitzer-prize-winning photojournalist Liu Heung Shing, narrated two of the most momentous stories of the 20th century: the rise of China and the collapse of the Soviet Union, with his most iconic photographs. As a photographer, Liu’s philosophy is to explore, unravel and reveal the complexity of grand narratives, its flaws, frailty, and the misnomers & duplicity at work within, through the impact it has upon ordinary people and social mien.
In 1983, Liu’s photo book “China After Mao” was published by Penguin Books, prompting Newsweek to describe him as “the Henri Cartier-Bresson of China.” All works in “Spring Breeze” are selected from this milestone publication, focusing mostly on the activities of the ordinary people.
Works
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Bicycles on Chang'an Boulevard near new Jianguomen. Beijing, 1981
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The first billboard in China – for Goldfish pencils – adorns the wall of the Forbidden City. Beijing, 1981
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Posing for a beach portrait in Beidaihe Resort. Hebei, 1982
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Chinese models in Beihai Park. Beijing, 1980
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Prison. Shanghai, 1979
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More print magazines appear at the newstands, 1981
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A student skates past a statue of Chairman Mao. Dalian Institute of Technology, Liaoning Province, 1981
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In post-Mao China, as the people began to return to normal life, they also began to allow personal emotions to be revived. Photograph taken in Beijing Zoo. Beijing, 1979
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Young people skating. Shanghai, 1980
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An old man turns a remonstrative eye on a young couple on a park bench in the People's Park. Shanghai, 1978
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Man and Motorbike; A young man leans on his shiny imported motorcycle, a novelty form of transportation in 1982, as an elderly woman sits atop a marble bench doing her needlework and apparently oblivious to the change taking place around her..., 1982
