The joint solo exhibition “My Mum / My Father” features the new works of two Mainland Chinese photography artists: My Mum by Ren Hang (b. 1987), a rising star on contemporary Chinese art scene who encapsulates the country’s subculture in his provocative personal photography; and Father by Li Lang (b. 1969), one of China’s most important artists of documentary photography in recent years. In a contrasting showcase of Ren’s colourful and conceptually playful portraits of his mother, and Li’s emotive documentations of the life of his late father on which he hand-wrote 30,219 dates of the days his father lived, this exhibition reflects some of the intriguing and experimental facets of the two photographic forms.
Ren Hang and Li Lang: My Mum / My Father
Ren Hang and Li Lang: My Mum / My Father
17 Jan 2015 - 25 Feb 2015
Artworks (37)
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Installation view
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/My-Mum-My-Father_installation-2-min.jpg)
Installation view
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Ren-Hang-Untitled-57-min.jpg)
Ren Hang
Untitled 57
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Ren-Hang-Untitled-58-min.jpg)
Ren Hang
Untitled 58
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Ren-Hang-Untitled-59-min.jpg)
Ren Hang
Untitled 59
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/My-Mum-My-Father_installation-min.jpg)
Installation view
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/My-Mum-My-Father_installation-3-min.jpg)
Installation view
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/My-Mum-My-Father_installation-1-min.jpg)
Installation view
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/My-Mum-My-Father_installation-4-min.jpg)
Installation view
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/My-Mum-My-Father_installation-2-min.jpg)
Installation view
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Ren-Hang-Untitled-57-min.jpg)
Ren Hang
Untitled 57
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Ren-Hang-Untitled-58-min.jpg)
Ren Hang
Untitled 58
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Ren-Hang-Untitled-59-min.jpg)
Ren Hang
Untitled 59
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Ren-Hang-Untitled-60-min.jpg)
Ren Hang
Untitled 60
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Ren Hang
Untitled 61
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Ren-Hang-Untitled-62-min.jpg)
Ren Hang
Untitled 62
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Ren-Hang-Untitled-63-min.jpg)
Ren Hang
Untitled 63
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Ren-Hang-Untitled-64-min.jpg)
Ren Hang
Untitled 64
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Ren-Hang-Untitled-65-min.jpg)
Ren Hang
Untitled 65
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Ren Hang
Untitled 66
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Ren Hang
Untitled 67
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Ren-Hang-Untitled-68-min.jpg)
Ren Hang
Untitled 68
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Li-Lang-Father-Bracelet-detail-Last-Portrait-B-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, My Father's Last Portrait B
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Li-Lang-Father-Bracelet-detail-Last-Portrait-B-detail-min.jpg)
Li Lang
"Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27", My Father's Last Portrait B (detail)
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/My-Fathers-Last-Portrait-A-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, My Father's Last Portrait A
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Li-Lang-Father-Bracelet-detail-Last-Portrait-C-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, My Father's Last Portrait C
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Li-Lang-Father-Body-A-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, Body A
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Li-Lang-Father-Body-B-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, Body B
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Li-Lang-Father-Pension-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, Father’s Pension: 32,136 RMB
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Li-Lang-Father-Pension-detail-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, Father’s Pension: 32,136 RMB (detail)
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Li-Lang-Father-Hat-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, My Father's Hat
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Li-Lang-Father-Hat-detail-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, My Father’s Hat (detail)
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Li-Lang-Father-The-Last-Hair-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, The Last Hair
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Li-Lang-Father-Bracelet-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, My Father’s Bracelet
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Li-Lang-Father-Bracelet-detail-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, My Father’s Bracelet (detail)
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Li-Lang-Father-Souvenir-Picture-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, Souvenir Picture Taken on September 18th, 1941
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Li-Lang-Father-Souvenir-Picture-detail-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, Souvenir Picture Taken on September 18th, 1941 (detail)
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Li-Lang-Father-The-Last-Question-that-My-Father-Left-Me-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, The Last Question that My Father Left Me: When will you come again?
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/The-Sky-in-August-27th-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, The Sky on August 27th
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Fathers-False-Teeth-min.jpg)
Li Lang
"Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27", Father's False Teeth
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Fathers-Tie-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, Father's Tie
![](https://blindspotgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Li-Lang-Father-Tie-detail-min.jpg)
Li Lang
“Father 1927.12.03 - 2010.08.27”, Father's Tie (detail)
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