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For every photo shoot, Wang Qingsong has to prepare for half a year, even three to five years. In 25 years, only 99 photos were created.
At the beginning of July, Wang Qingsong held a solo exhibition with his latest creations during the epidemic, which made waves in the photography circle and on the Internet.
Yiyi also came to Beijing and chatted with Wang Qingsong about his life and creation.
New work “On the Field of Hope” 2020
In 2000, when people were still arguing about whether photography is considered art or not, Wang Qingsong held a solo exhibition for the first time with his photographic works, and he was regarded as a pioneering representative in the photography industry.
But after that, the creative path he chose was far from being productive, famous, and exposed. Others took dozens of hundreds of works a year. In the 25 years from 1996 to the present, he only produced 99 pictures, averaging 3-5 pictures per year.
According to the usual rhythm, this year he completed two new works, and selected more than 20 pieces from the past works to hold the exhibition “On the Field of Hope”.
The exhibition is divided into two parts. The first exhibition hall is the titled work “On the Field of Hope”, which is arranged as a sketching studio, just like an art examination site for art students.
The original plan for 500 people to go to the scene to paint, because of the impact of the epidemic, could not be achieved. Wang Qingsong set up 500 easels and put on 500 “Wang Qingsong Statues” collected from all over the country. “Art exams often require everyone to drawInto a picture, let the audience glimpse the changes that have taken place in individuals and society over the past few decades.
The following is Wang Qingsong’s narrative.
Wang Qingsong accepts an interview
The successive deaths of relatives have changed the way I see society
In 1996, I stopped the paintbrush and picked up the camera.
I believe that China is such a complicated society. I don’t know the masters of art, but there will definitely be masters of photography.
I was born in Daqing, a big brother of PetroChina. Later, when oil was discovered in Hubei, my father moved to Hubei with his family. Working in the oil field is a glorious place.
Jianghan Petroleum Institute(one of the 5 petroleum colleges in the country) was established in 1978, and in December 1980, my dad was the first Died on duty.
In September of that year, I just entered the third year of junior high school. It was adolescence at the time, and I was really fighting with my parents. Once my dad was on a business trip as soon as he beat me up, but a week later, my dad was suddenly gone. (At the time, my mom said, wait until your dad comes back to clean up you.) There are older brothers and younger siblings at home. Before my father passed away, our family The conditions are very good. After your father left, the whole unit thought you were the worst.
So I have always emphasized that my puberty is really only one week. At that time, I heard the song “On the Field of Hope” every day on the way home from school, which gave me great encouragement.
After my father left, I stopped talking too much. Character is difficult to change, low self-esteemss=”img-center-box”>
“Lao Li Yeyan Picture” slide to see more
Half the color is faded
In 2000, the first large-format shot was “Lao Li Ye Bantu”. It was a “gambling” and it cost me almost all of my money. Also put in my mother’s salary for the 10 months before her death and the remaining $600 of my wife’s scholarship.
The last one is a set of costumes, five stories were filmed.