Cheng Xinyi - The Blower

blink at the silky space

empty windows blacked 

read within another time

when trees fell down

trembling bodies asked me

did dusty water make big fat rat stammer

or lonely manner of speaking brought up reference of love?

elevated smiles a single line breakfast shaking jewelry a comforting hand cheek pulling fabrics a dog-lover’s berry rolling moles a soil hitter a rooted kid grounded socking popcorns a literally sad virus 

 

The Blower is the first photography book of Cheng Xinyi showing her photography practice from 2012 to 2018. Cheng’s photography has a strong connection to her paintings which often address intermediate moments, desire and power dynamics.

The Blower is the second publication by BHKM, a house founded by Ho King Man.

Cheng Xinyi

The Blower

BHKM

Printed in Hong Kong

2018

design by BHKM

26 x 19.5 cm

144 pages

Softcover

Edition of 500

Lancement et signature 

samedi 13 octobre

17-19h

Launch and signing 

saturday october 13th

5-7pm

 

blink at the silky space

empty windows blacked 

read within another time

when trees fell down

trembling bodies asked me

did dusty water make big fat rat stammer

or lonely manner of speaking brought up reference of love?

elevated smiles a single line breakfast shaking jewelry a comforting hand cheek pulling fabrics a dog-lover’s berry rolling moles a soil hitter a rooted kid grounded socking popcorns a literally sad virus

 

 

The Blower is the first photography book of Cheng Xinyi showing her photography practice from 2012 to 2018. Cheng’s photography has a strong connection to her paintings which often address intermediate moments, desire and power dynamics.

The Blower is the second publication by BHKM, a house founded by Ho King Man.

Cheng Xinyi (b. 1989, Wuhan, China) lives and works between Shanghai and Paris. She studied painting at Maryland Institute College of Art (USA) and attended Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (NL). Her solo exhibitions include: Harnessing the power of wind, Antenna Space, Shanghai, 2018; Hands of a barber, they give in, Galerie Balice Hertling, Paris, 2017, Swimming Hole, Practice, New York, 2015. Recent group exhibitions include: Painting Now and Forever, Part III, Greene Naftali Gallery, Mathew Marks Gallery, New York, 2018; Scraggly Beard Grandpa, Capsule, Shanghai, 2017; Economy Plus, Galerie Balice Hertling, Paris, 2017.

 

Cheng Xinyi

The Blower

BHKM

Printed in Hong Kong

2018

design by BHKM

26 x 19.5 cm

144 pages

Softcover

Edition of 500

€65