A Departure from Reality III:
The Tender Truth
Maleonn & Jiang Pengyi
Date: 3.9 – 30.10.2010
Venue: Blindspot Gallery (Central)
Date: 11.9 – 31.10.2010
Venue: Blindspot Annex (Wong Chuk Hang)
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Curator: Janet Fong
About the exhibition
The Tender Truth is the finale of the trilogy exhibition "A Departure from Reality", the exhibition presents conceptual photography related to Magical Realism by Maleonn and Jiang Pengyi.
In Magic Realism, the artist’s creation goes beyond simple transcendence from reality through fictiveness to explore the mysterious relationships between humans, and between humans and their surroundings.
Beyond its burgeoning art scene, today’s China hovers like a castle of bizarre social situations: dramatic news coverage of the country’s current events and political issues, stories of illogical, mindless behaviour of ordinary people. In deconstructing these illusions, Ma and Jiang stand out among other artists for their focus on the personal and subjective – they translate their real-life emotions into dreamlike landscapes and stories which reflect the experiences of those living in China today.
Curatorial Statement
Press Release
Media Coverage (Muse, 10.2010)
Maleonn
What Love Is, No.2
2009
Inkjet print
90 x 135 cm
Edition of 8
Maleonn
What Love Is, No.1
2009
Inkjet print
90 x 135 cm
Edition of 8
Maleonn
What Love Is, No.3
2009
Inkjet print
90 x 135 cm
Edition of 8
Maleonn
What Love Is, No.5
2009
Inkjet print
90 x 135 cm
Edition of 8
Maleonn
What Love Is, No.6
2009
Inkjet print
90 x 135 cm
Edition of 8
Maleonn
Postman, No.1
2008
Inkjet print
90 x 135 cm (Edition of 6)
60 x 90 cm (Edition of 15)
Maleonn
Postman, No.2
2008
Inkjet print
90 x 135 cm (Edition of 6)
60 x 90 cm (Edition of 15)
Maleonn
Postman, No.3
2008
Inkjet print
90 x 135 cm (Edition of 6)
60 x 90 cm (Edition of 15)
Maleonn
Book of Taboo, No.8
2006
Inkjet print
90 x 135 cm
Edition of 6
Maleonn
Book of Taboo, No.9
2006
Inkjet print
90 x 135 cm
Edition of 6
Maleonn
Book of Taboo, No.12
2006
Inkjet print
90 x 135 cm
Edition of 6
Maleonn
Second-hand Tang Poems, No.1
2007
Inkjet print
90 x 108 cm (Edition of 6)
75 x 90 cm (Edition of 15)
Maleonn
Second-hand Tang Poems, No.3
2007
Inkjet print
90 x 108 cm (Edition of 6)
75 x 90 cm (Edition of 15)
Maleonn
Second-hand Tang Poems, No.5
2007
Inkjet print
90 x 108 cm (Edition of 6)
75 x 90 cm (Edition of 15)
Maleonn
Second-hand Tang Poems, No.8
2007
Inkjet print
90 x 108 cm (Edition of 6)
75 x 90 cm (Edition of 15)
Maleonn
Portrait of Mephisto, No. 1
2006
Inkjet print and hand painted by the artist
30 x 36 cm
Edition of 5
Maleonn
Portrait of Mephisto, No. 6
2006
Inkjet print and hand painted by the artist
30 x 36 cm
Edition of 5
Maleonn
Portrait of Mephisto, No. 7
2006
Inkjet print and hand painted by the artist
30 x 36 cm
Edition of 5
Maleonn
Portrait of Mephisto, No. 8
2006
Inkjet print and hand painted by the artist
30 x 36 cm
Edition of 5
Maleonn
My Circus, No. 1
2005
Inkjet print
80 x 120 cm (Edition of 6)
40 x 60 cm (Edition of 15)
Maleonn
My Circus, No. 12
2005
Inkjet print
80 x 120 cm (Edition of 6)
40 x 60 cm (Edition of 15)
Jiang Pengyi
Unregistered City, No. 1
2008-2010
Archival inkjet print
150 x 209 cm (Edition of 6)
90 x 125 cm (Edition of 8)
Jiang Pengyi
Unregistered City, No.2
2008-2010
Archival inkjet print
150 x 209 cm (Edition of 6)
90 x 125 cm (Edition of 8)
Jiang Pengyi
Unregistered City, No.3
2008-2010
Archival inkjet print
150 x 209 cm (Edition of 6)
90 x 125 cm (Edition of 8)
Jiang Pengyi
Unregistered City, No.4
2008-2010
Archival inkjet print
150 x 209 cm (Edition of 6)
90 x 125 cm (Edition of 8)
Jiang Pengyi
Unregistered City, No.5
2008-2010
Archival inkjet print
150 x 209 cm (Edition of 6)
90 x 125 cm (Edition of 8)
Jiang Pengyi
The Private Goods Belonged to Somebody: The Portable Woman
2008
Ultra Giclée
74 x 99 cm
Edition of 6
Jiang Pengyi
The Private Goods Belonged to Somebody: A Maze Recovered by Memory
2008
Ultra Giclée
74 x 99 cm
Edition of 6
Jiang Pengyi
The Private Goods Belonged to Somebody: Phoenix Carved on a Hairpin
2008
112 x 150 cm (Edition of 8 / C-Print)
74 x 99 cm (Edition of 6 / Ultra Giclée)
Jiang Pengyi
Luminant: Xinhua News Agency, Beijing
2007-2008
Light box
192 x 240 cm (Edition of 3)
79 x 100 cm (Edition of 3)
Archival inkjet print
100 x 125 cm (Edition of 3)
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Jiang Pengyi
Luminant: Government Affair Edifice of Hefei (A)
2007-2008
Light box
192 X 240 cm (Edition of 3)
79 x 100 cm (Edition of 3)
Archival inkjet print
100 x 125 cm (Edition of 3)
Jiang Pengyi
Luminant: BTV (A), Beijing
2007-2008
Light box
192 X 240 cm (Edition of 3)
79 x 100 cm (Edition of 3)
Archival inkjet print
100 x 125 cm (Edition of 3)
Jiang Pengyi
All Back to Dust, No.1
2006-2007
Ultra Giclée
180 x 240 cm (Edition of 6)
89 x 119 cm (Edition of 8)
Jiang Pengyi
All Back to Dust, No.2
2006-2007
Ultra Giclée
180 x 240 cm (Edition of 6)
89 x 119 cm (Edition of 8)
Jiang Pengyi
All Back to Dust, No.3
2006-2007
Ultra Giclée
180 x 240 cm (Edition of 6)
89 x 119 cm (Edition of 8)
Jiang Pengyi
All Back to Dust, No.4
2006-2007
Ultra Giclée
180 x 240 cm (Edition of 6)
89 x 119 cm (Edition of 8)
Jiang Pengyi
All Back to Dust, No.5
2006-2007
Ultra Giclée
180 x 240 cm (Edition of 6)
89 x 119 cm (Edition of 8)
Jiang Pengyi
All Back to Dust, No.6
2006-2007
Ultra Giclée
180 x 240 cm (Edition of 6)
89 x 119 cm (Edition of 8)
Jiang Pengyi
All Back to Dust, No.7
2006-2007
Ultra Giclée
180 x 240 cm (Edition of 6)
89 x 119 cm (Edition of 8)
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