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LADIES

LADIES

measurements note
110 by 150 cm. 43 1/4 by 59 in.

Signed Cui Xiuwen in both Chinese and English, entitled. This work is number eleven from an edition twelve

chromogenic print, framed

Condition Note:

The First Guangzhou Triennial Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art, Guangdong Museum of Art, 2002, p.387
OUT OF THE RED, The New Emerging Generation of Chinese Photographers, Grafiche Damiani, 2004, p. 44

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NOTE

"While producing art works, I often angel sexuality to explore the problems of femininity and woman as part of the society. In Ladies, I chose the nightclub's ladies' room where the female workers from the club come to do various activities. The scene showed a reality beyond one's imagination. The scene reveals a very serious problem in society, and the problem will have its effects in history. On the surface, what I shot was about the state of women, but what I cared more was the social class behind scenes and how viewers read the work from cultural, historical and economic perspective. I chose the video to shoot this work, and the moving image expressed clearly the concept of time and space and content."