Zhang Kechun

B. China, 1980

(24)

The Works

24

1

Zhang Kechun

Dragon Boat in the Three Gorges

2021

Archival pigment print

2

Zhang Kechun

Old House Under the Bridge

2014

Archival pigment print

3

Zhang Kechun

A Buddha Head in the Mountain

2015

Archival pigment print

4

Zhang Kechun

Workers Building Bridge Piers for a High-Speed Railway, Shaanxi

2011

Archival pigment print

5

Zhang Kechun

Maple Tree

2021-22

Archival pigment print

6

Zhang Kechun

An Overturned Cement Truck, Qinghai

2011

Archival pigment print

7

Zhang Kechun

Dai Mountain

2018

Archival pigment print

8

Zhang Kechun

Abandoned Boats

2017

Archival pigment print

9

Zhang Kechun

White Deer under a Cooling Tower, Inner Mongolia

2010

Archival pigment print

10

Zhang Kechun

Men Climbing a Billboard, Qinghai, 2011

2011

Archival pigment print

11

Zhang Kechun

People doing Morning Exercise under a Dragon Lamp, Gansu, 2011

2011

Archival pigment print

12

Zhang Kechun

People Drink Tea by the River

2013

Archival pigment print

13

Zhang Kechun

Sculptures in the Country, Inner Mongolia

2011

Archival pigment print

14

Zhang Kechun

A Family Spending the Weekend under a Bridge, Shandong, China

2011

Archival pigment print

15

Zhang Kechun

Lake in the Desert

2014

Archival pigment print

16

Zhang Kechun

The Soldiers Standing by the Pool

2015

Archival pigment print

17

Zhang Kechun

Road to Mine

2015

Archival pigment print

18

Zhang Kechun

Two Men Painting a House in the River, Gansu

2011

Archival pigment print

19

Zhang Kechun

People Fishing by the River, Shaanxi

2012

Archival pigment print

20

Zhang Kechun

Three Gorges Dam

2014

Archival pigment print

21

Zhang Kechun

A Rockery in the Middle of a Dry Lake, Shandong

2011

Archival pigment print

22

Zhang Kechun

Waterfalls

2019

Archival pigment print

23

Zhang Kechun

Buddha Statues

2019

Archival pigment print

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Zhang Kechun

A Man Standing on an Island in the Middle of the River Shaanxi, China

2012

Archival pigment print

Zhang Kechun

B. China 1980

zhang kechun

B. China 1980

Biography

Zhang Kechun’s work examines the post-industrial landscape of China. Working with a large-format camera he produces epic vistas that dwell on the significance of the landscape in modern Chinese national identity. In particular, Kechun explores the relationship between the country’s cultural heritage and the effects of modernisation. Kechun’s works are quietly beautiful and hugely atmospheric, using a soft and subtle colour palette. Whilst Kechun imbues the altered landscape of China with a tragic beauty, his photographs also capture the comical moments in people’s everyday lives that he encounters.

Zhang Kechun was born in 1980 in Sichuan, China. His work has been exhibited at Photoquai, Paris, the Beijing Photo Biennale, China and the Delhi Photo Festival, India. Kechun won the Discovery Award at Les Rencontres d’Arles for The Yellow River in 2014. He won the National Geographic Picks Global Photo Contest in 1998 and was shortlisted at the Sony World Photography Awards in 2013. In 2023 he was awarded first prize the Still Life category at the Sony World Photography Awards. He lives and works in Chengdu, China. 

Discover

4

Exhibitions

2

Buddha Head in Mountain Framed

Zhang Kechun: New Work

17.10 - 14.112019

Closed

People Crossing the Yellow River, Zhang Kechun

Zhang Kechun: The Yellow River

19.4 - 20.52016

Closed

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