上海摄影艺术中心

Group Show, Shanghai, China

March 5 - May 22, 2022

“Imaging Nature Between Painting and Photography” features a selection of 40 masterful artworks of Zeng Xiaolian, each depicting the richness of nature and the cycle of botanical life. Zeng Xiaolian is one of China’s leading botanical illustrators, and still holds the title of Senior Engineer of the Botanical Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in whose name he devoted his life to paintings of flowers and birds with a rigorous scientific spirit and reverence and passion for life. Since his retirement in 1997, Zeng Xiaolian continues to depict biodiversity in praise of the flourishing beauty of nature. The exhibition also refers to the mutual influence between photography and painting since the advent of photography in 1839. The exhibition features works by both domestic and international artists such as Nobuyoshi Araki, Liu Ye, and Giovanni Ozzola, presenting the flora, fauna, and natural phenomena in different media and expressive forms.