M97 is pleased to present two new exhibitions opening this Saturday January 7th from 4-7pm in the gallery. In the M97 Project Space, "EAST WINDOW" is a selection of new mixed works from Hunan-based artist HUANG Xiaoliang (b. China, 1985) featuring black and white and large-format color photographs, video animations, and ink painting. "WHERE / WHAT / WHEN" in the main floor gallery space presents more than twenty gelatin silver photographs by Sichuan-based …

M97 is pleased to invite you to the opening of A Look Back, a mini-retrospective exhibition of Adou's three main bodies of work. Spanning eight years of the artist's career, A Look Back examines the creative evolution from the "Samalada" series of evocative portraits of the Yi minority through the introspection of the self-titled "Adou" series, to the poetic "Leaves of Grass", an ode to the ordinary lives of plants.

M97 GALLERY cordially invites you to the opening reception of “Leaves of Grass”, an exhibition of silver gelatin photographs by Chengdu-based artist Adou. This is Adou’s second solo exhibition at M97. There will be a reception for the artist on Saturday January 24th from 4-6PM at M97's Moganshan Road space. In this new body of works, Adou invites the viewer to look at the unimpressive natural world just below our feet. Titled after the famous poetry collection by …

As China reaches the point of its post-boom years, Exhibition Curator, Steven Harris of M97 Gallery, suggests a more contemplative period is setting in. We are entering a time where the general pulse of society has seen through the veil of glittery consumerism and all it promised, and now artists and thinkers are looking in many ways how to return to find what’s left of their roots. This exhibition includes works by Adou, Huang Xiaoliang, Liang Weizhou, Song Chao, Lou…

M97 Gallery is pleased to invite to "Parallax II", a group exhibition of photographic works by M97 artists: Adou, Robert van der Hilst, JIANG Zhi, Michael Kenna, LIANG Weizhou, LU Yanpeng, LUO Dan, MENG Jin + FANG Er, Michael Wolf & YANG Yong. Parallax is the effect whereby the distance between two objects appears to shift when viewed from different vantage points and can help determine an otherwise unknown distance. Following this concept, the second edition of the M97 Parallax su…

M97 Gallery is pleased to present “ADOU”, an exhibition of artist Adou’s new series of photographs. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in China and he will be present at the reception opening on January 12. In this latest series of works, aptly titled after the artist himself, Adou goes to the root of the individual and the camera, the photographer in front of the lens, seen and unseen, both photographer and subject of his photographs. While making photog…