Hong Hao
Born 1965, Beijing, Mainland China; lives and works in Beijing
‘My Things No. 4,’ 2002
Scanned objects, ultra giclee
120 x 210 cm
UBS Art Collection
© Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Urs Meile
Hong Hao focuses on aspects of social life in modern China, often making satirical comments on the country’s prosperity and its relations with the West. In a series of digitally manipulated photographs titled ‘My Things,’ which he began in 2001, the artist examines production and consumption in China’s contemporary consumer society.
Since 2001, Hong has collected objects, scanning them and organizing the digital files in his massive visual archive. He composes photographic collages from the scanned objects, which appear as both abstract compositions and representations of the everyday habits, tastes and needs of an ordinary person.