FRIST CENTER SHOWS CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHY IN ‘WHISPERING WIND’ OPENING JUNE 22

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — The Frist Center for the Visual Arts will present “Whispering Wind: Recent Chinese Photography,” on view June 22–October 7 in the Ingram Gallery.

This exhibition, organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, includes works by 14 contemporary artists from China, several of whom live in the West.

The photographers are internationally celebrated for images that examine contrasts between traditionalism and globalism, the real and unreal, nature and urban life, and the personal and social that have come into sharp focus since the end of the Cultural Revolution.

Among the exhibiting artists are Zhang Huan, Rong Rong and Sheng Qi, whose photographs link performance art with Chinese narrative traditions, showing the effect of social and political structures on the individual.

Xing Danwen, Zhang Dali and Li Tianyuan depict the urban landscape as it has undergone modernization in recent decades. More romanticized landscapes by Hong Lei, Hai Bo and Yin Xiuzhen suggest millennia old painting styles, emphasizing the haunting beauty of China’s artistic and literary traditions, in which humanity is wholly integrated with nature.

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts is at 919 Broadway. For information, 615-244-3340 or www.fristcenter.org.