Cai Dongdong - Left, Right (signed)
Le Maison de Z 2022
Cai Dongdong's works have long been anchored in images, yet they cannot be simply defined as photography: he has always been skillfully navigating between "taking photos" and "making photos"; in addition to adopting existing materials for his own purposes, he creates and constructs new image narratives on top of them. In this creating process, his destruction, deconstruction, and integration of ready-made elements often allow the image itself to break through its two-dimensional plane and point directly to the contradictions and ambiguities hidden in its own language.
The 69 pairs and 138 photographs of Chinese women were once drifting in private spaces, away from the story of power. They are like two streams of a river flowing and intersecting, continuously stimulating polyphonic and intertextual conversations, together advancing the narratives of two different periods while striving to lay the stone for a folk history through images.
Limited edition of 500 copies
Softcover with embossing and foil stamping
Traditional Chinese binding
16.5 x 22 x 2.3 cm, 144 pages