M97 Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of our newest exhibition space in downtown Shanghai. After 10 years in the Moganshan Road arts district, we have moved closer to Shanghai's city center in a converted 1940’s factory space in Jing'an district designed and developed by the Anken Group. The new exhibition space gives M97 a platform with our artists to continue to explore the boundaries and possibilities of contemporary photographic arts today. The inaugural ex…

Running concurrently in the M97 Project Space (in the Former French Concession) will be a selection of Luo Dan's photographs from his acclaimed “SIMPLE SONG” series made between 2010-2012. Luo Dan spent nearly two years traveling in an under-developed and mountainous region of China’s southern Yunnan Province, the Nu River Valley photographing a Christian community whose values and way of life have remained largely intact for hundreds of years. Luo Dan chose to employ the …

As China reaches the point of its post-boom years, Exhibition Curator, Steven Harris of M97 Gallery, suggests a more contemplative period is setting in. We are entering a time where the general pulse of society has seen through the veil of glittery consumerism and all it promised, and now artists and thinkers are looking in many ways how to return to find what’s left of their roots. This exhibition includes works by Adou, Huang Xiaoliang, Liang Weizhou, Song Chao, Lou…

M97 Gallery is pleased to invite to "Parallax II", a group exhibition of photographic works by M97 artists: Adou, Robert van der Hilst, JIANG Zhi, Michael Kenna, LIANG Weizhou, LU Yanpeng, LUO Dan, MENG Jin + FANG Er, Michael Wolf & YANG Yong. Parallax is the effect whereby the distance between two objects appears to shift when viewed from different vantage points and can help determine an otherwise unknown distance. Following this concept, the second edition of the M97 Parallax su…

"Photography is like a nimble pen. I use it to write what I want to say. But unlike words, photographs do not contain the potential for ambiguity or misunderstanding. Their distinctive quality lies within their visual concreteness and nature to express indescribable inner meanings" LUO Dan M97 Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of Chengdu based photographer LUO Dan. This is the artist’s second solo exhibition at M97 Gallery. The exhibitio…

“SIMPLE SONG”LUO DAN SOLO EXHIBITION29 October – 4 December 2011Artist Reception: Sat. Oct. 29, 4-6 pmm97 Gallery Shanghai is pleased to present “SIMPLE SONG”, an exhibition of collodion wet plate photography works by Chengdu-based photographer LUO DAN. The exhibition begins on October 29, 2011, and m97 Gallery will hold an opening reception for the artist on Saturday October 29 from 4:00 to 6:00…