Maleonn Solo Show

The gallery is proud to host famous Ma Liang (also known as Maleonn, born in 1972 in Shanghai) solo show. Maleonn is one of the most talented Shanghai photographer who has gained a kind of cult because of his fable like photographs. This show is a unique work in progress show, a never ending intense project, never seen on the Shanghaiese art scene. The show will be a growing show during all its duration. At the opening one will only see the seeds of an amazing work in progress. As the artist puts it himself, this solo show is very special to him. It is about a place with a lot of memories as well as his own commitment as an artist. 

White on White: Sensitive architectures

Being the Theatre of Life is what reunites all Maleonn’s photographic series. In "White on White" Maleonn takes it up a notch and one gets a front seat in what could be called the "Theatre of China". Maleonn sheds a light, or at least captures it through his lense, on China. Being in the present is about acknowledging the past in order to be heading towards the future. "White on White" is the metaphor for the memories fading away. Like photographs that become all white once the image has fainted. As Baudelaire wrote “The days go away, I remain”, for Maelonn the days go away and memories fade away. Memories work like the photography process where everything is slowly revealed but in the other way. Would photography be for Maleonn the way to keep away from the undeniable: memories do fade away in our mind ? Though photographs do fade away too sometime… are transformed, paper gets yellow, the color and details get worn out, tired of being glossy, shinny, over exposed.