Beijing's 798 District

798 stands for much more than a three digit number: in Beijing these numbers symbolize the country's cutting edge art movement led by the Chinese vanguard, unchained artistic personalities with alternative life goals. Wild and unconquered attitudes waft inside 798's free and rambling atmosphere. This area feels a kinship to what can be discovered and sensed along the Left Bank in Paris or around Greenwich Village in NYC.

Photographers explore paradoxes between the sexes

An intriguing perspective on relationships between business men and women is captured by artist Liu Lijie through her camera. As a contributor to the collective exhibition on the theme of "Between the Sexes" held by Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery, Liu illuminates an adult woman's daily life, haunted, cornered and challenged by a group of men. [China.org.cn]

(China.org.cn April 21, 2009)

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