{"product_id":"li-qiang","title":"Li Qiang","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLi Qiang: The Negative Sent to Future\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a collection of photographic works by artist Li Qiang, taken between the 1980s and 2020s. It includes three series: \u003cem\u003eNorthern Homeland, Distant Memories\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCity Encounter\u003c\/em\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. \u003cem\u003eThe Northern Homeland \u003c\/em\u003eseries takes us back to the countryside and wilderness of Northwest China, back to the existential realm of solitary wandering in the wilderness; the \u003cem\u003eDistant Memories \u003c\/em\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 \u003cem\u003eCity Encounter \u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57510002295157,"sku":"9781918447019","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781918447019.jpg?v=1787130219","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/li-qiang","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}