Exhibition Notes
Record the viewing and thinking while walking through exhibition halls around the world. In the labyrinth of art, penetrate the fog of color and form, and look for the weak but tenacious light of humanity, the light of thought, and the light of progress of the times.
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At the University of Hong Kong, an eight-decade retrospective reveals Willy Ronis’s enduring fascination with chance encounters, human warmth, and everyday life among family, friends, and the people of Paris.
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An unaffordable photobook led me to the National Gallery of Canada, where I traced Dave Heath’s evolution from black-and-white street photography to his late color work—and the enduring tension between loneliness and the longing for connection.
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Beginning with Chinese artist Tong Lam’s project on mobile film screenings in China, this visit to the Toronto Photography Festival considers the relationship between image technology, shared viewing experiences, and political communication.
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Patty Maher’s images of anonymous women in natural settings—with faces concealed and figures juxtaposed against the landscape—prompt reflections on public space, private experience, and the viewer’s place within the work.
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Through ninety landscapes by Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and others, this essay explores how artists at the turn of the twentieth century sought spiritual refuge amid war, industrialization, and a crisis of faith.
