Lot 272: LIANG ZHIHE (LEUNG CHI-WO)

B. 1959
LASCAR TREASURE

each: 15 3/8 by 15 3/8 in. 39 by 39 cm. overall: 57 by 76 in. 145 by 193 cm.

gelatin silver prints, wooden frames with iron hinges, and Plexiglass

Executed in 1996.

PROVENANCE

Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
Private Collection, Europe

LITERATURE

Susan Acret ed., A Strange Heaven, Contemporary Chinese Photography, Prague, p. 79, illustrated in color
Chinese Century ed., Paris-Pékin, Paris, October, 2002, p. 119, illustrated in color

NOTE

I wanted to find a place where "east meets west." It's Cat Street (officially called Lascar Row) located between Central and the Western district (the Chinese title for this piece is: Between the Middle (kingdom) and the West). I made 6 pinhole pictures of the intersection along and around Cat Street. Then I arranged them according to their position shown on the map.

-Liang Zhihe