{"product_id":"9781918447019","title":"Li Qiang: The Negative Sent to Future","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of photographs by Li Qiang, photographer, professor of Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, department of photography.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLi Qiang: The Negative Sent to Future\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a collection of photographic works by artist Li Qiang, taken between the 1980s and 2020s. It includes three series: \u003ci\u003eNorthern Homeland, Distant Memories\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCity Encounter\u003c\/i\u003e. Li Qiang's photographs are predominantly black and white, capturing portraits, cityscapes, rural society, and plateau landscapes against specific cultural and historical backdrops. In his photographic language, Li Qiang maintains an existentialist style: profound yet not oppressive, as if the subjects themselves are speaking, seemingly saying everything, yet saying nothing at all. \u003ci\u003eThe Northern Homeland \u003c\/i\u003eseries takes us back to the countryside and wilderness of Northwest China, back to the existential realm of solitary wandering in the wilderness; the \u003ci\u003eDistant Memories \u003c\/i\u003eseries records life under the pure sky of the Southwest Plateau, mostly indistinct silhouettes, as if embraced by the heavens while maintaining an impressionistic distance from them; while the \u003ci\u003eCity Encounter \u003c\/i\u003eseries transforms the commonplace things of the city into fresh experiences for the soul, as if the reader themselves has just arrived from the distant countryside, only having caught a fleeting glimpse of the dazzling lights of the big city. The three themes intertwine, leading readers back and forth between the city of real life and the distant spiritual homeland.","brand":"Artpower International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48148258226417,"sku":"9781918447019","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781918447019_p0.jpg?v=1780284109","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781918447019","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}