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On This Day – 22 January 2011
Lanwei / Decaying End
Eight years ago today saw the opening of the exhibition Lanwei / Decaying End, touring from the Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, at St Andrews Museum.
Lanwei / Decaying End was the first solo photography exhibition by Stanley Wong, better known as ‘anothermountainman’. The photographs were part of an on-going project, documenting abandoned, incomplete building projects from across Asia.
In the beautiful photographic images the buildings loom empty and abandoned. The scenes of figures positioned amidst a few of their possessions evoke narratives of dreams and aspirations which, like the buildings, have been abandoned.
In the exhibition title, ‘lan’ means ‘decaying’ or ‘rotting’ and ‘wei’ means ‘the tail’ or ‘the ending’. It was a term used by people in China to describe these building projects that were never completed.
Last few days of Lanwei
Hard to believe that it’s the end of February already and to us at FCA&C HQ, that means our current exhibition at St Andrews Museum ends very soon after. ‘Lanwei / Decaying End’ finishes its run in Scotland on Sunday 5 March and will be returning south to the Chinese Arts Centre in Manchester soon after.
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Chinese New Year celebrations
In just 3 days time, it’s Chinese New Year – Year of the Rabbit 2011! Celebrate by visiting FCA&C’s current exhibition at St Andrews Museum of Asian photos by Stanley Wong (see www.fcac.co.uk), or go further afield to see some of the events happening during Ricefield Chinese Arts and Cultural Centre’s ‘Takeaway China’ festival in Glasgow.
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Lanwei exhibition nearly up
Marion and Anton have been beavering away, up and down ladders, hanging Stanley Wong’s large-scale photographic prints in St Andrews Museum this week. ‘Lanwei / Decaying End’ was originated by the Chinese Arts Centre in Manchester but FCA&C have brought it to Fife for its only showing in Scotland. It runs from 22 January (Saturday) until 6 March 2011.
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Lanwei photography masterclass
Still a handful of spaces left for this 2 part masterclass with architect-photographer Colin Wishart. It’s running as part of the accompanying activities to FCA&C’s first show of 2011 – Lanwei – Decaying End – a series of large scale photographs by Hong Kong photographer, anothermountainman (Stanley Wong). Takes place over 2 Sunday afternoons (23 Jan and 13 Feb, 1.30-3.30pm) in St Andrews Museum, cost £10. Book through St Andrews Museum, tel 01334 659380.
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