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Tseng Kwong Chi 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West



El fotógrafo Tseng Kwong Chi 曾廣智 (Hong Kong 1950 - New York 1990) abandonó China, junto a su familia, en 1966, trasladandose a Canadá y Francia. A su llegada a New York en 1980 se convertirá en un personaje importante de la escena artística neoyorquina, retratando a un sinfín de artistas de la epoca, desde Andy Warhol a Madonna, pasando por Keith Haring o Grace Jones.
Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series, también conocida como East Meets West es quizá su trabajo más reconocido. A lo largo de más de 100 autorretratos Tseng Kwong Chi 曾廣智 posa frente a paisajes y monumentos íconicos de la cultura occidental, vestido para la ocasión con un tradicional traje Mao, contraponiendo así su imagen con este traje, muy de moda en la época por su relación con la izquierda china, con los iconos de la cultura capitalista.
-Mis gafas de espejo dan a la imagen la neutralidad y el toque surrealista que busco. Soy un viajero inquisitivo, un testigo de mi tiempo, un embajador ambiguo...

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

Tseng Kwong Chi. 曾廣智. Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series aka East Meets West| Photography

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1 comentario :

  1. !Que impactante imágenes! Hay tres en concreto que se me quedarán grabadas en la retina por su solemne entereza. Transmiten pàra mi una fuerza equilibrada. Me encantan Gracias

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