Han Lei
The overwhelming mood in Han Lei’s work is nostalgia. In nostalgia Han Lei finds timelessness. He loves images that freeze mobility, images that become immutable and lasting representatives. He presents us with the typical misty Chinese mountain we imagine from our knowledge of classical paintings, he seeks out the beautiful female profile we seem to remember from old photographs. While the camera is a most democratic instrument, equitable in granting significance to any living moment, Han Lei has used this instrument to create a hierarchy of types.
Han Lei at LUMAS
Those limited artoworks, made by Han Lei are distributed exclusively to authorized professional dealers – and thus are not available directly to retail customers through LUMAS. In our showroom, the UNISON-Haus, we showcase you an assortment of those editions within a very special ambience.Please, visit our galerie, take your time to watch the originals and get inspired. Of course you can acquire each of them directly on spot.
Are you interested? First questions will be answered at: +49 3464 241 120 and for further information we are always give you personally professional advice.
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Vita
1967 Born in Keifeng, Hennan province, china1989 Graduated from Central Academy of Craft and Design, Beijing, China
works and lives in Beijing, China
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2005 Portraits, galerie polaris, Paris, FranceKilling legend, 798 photo Gallery, Beijing, China
2004 Han Lei photographs, art scene china, Shanghai, China
2003 Strange, aura gallery, Shanghai, China
2001 Fictional landscape, Beijing, China
1997 Alienation, Hippolyte gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Podwell gallery, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2005 Viewing the city, Guangzhou Photo Biennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, China2004 Forbidden City international photography exhibition, Beijing,China
Intersection: contemporary oil painting and photography, chambers fine art, New York, U.S.A.
2003 From China: contemporary Chinese photography, gallery image,Denmark
A strange heaven: contemporary Chinese photography, the nationalart museum, Prague, Czech Republic
Tempo di donne, sala gatti, Viterbo, Italy
Rome photography festival, Rome, Italy
2002 Dialogue: beautiful and tragic, two Spanish photographers and two Chinese photographers, capital museum, Beijing, China
Golden harvest: Chinese contemporary art, Croatia national museum, Croatia
Facing reality:Photographs of Han Lei, Wang Shilong and Zhang Hai’er, China art archives & warehouse, Beijing, China
2001 1:1? The 3rd Ping Yao international photography festival, Ping Yao,China
Disorientation: photography and video in China today, chambers fine art, New York, U.S.A.
2000 Cities of the 21st century: Siemens cultural program, Frankfurt, Germany; New York, U.S.A.
1999 A visible spirit: contemporary photography from the People’s Republic of China, Cypress college photography galleries, California, U.S.A.
1998 Railways and people: the 1998 Mother Jones international fund for documentary photography awards, art center and studio gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A.
1996 China: aktuelles aus 15 ateliers, Reithalle, Munich, Germany
1995 International art festival of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
1994 Contemporary photography from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, Hong Kong arts centre, Hong Kong, China
1993 The 6th rodez photofolies festival, Aveyron, France
