Eternal Blue Sky: Mongolia - Elaine Ling

A photography exhibition by Elaine Ling

Artist Reception: Wednesday, April 4, 2007 - 7-10 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, April 7, 2007 - 6:30 pm
Exhibition runs from April 4 - 22, 2007

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This Spring G+ GALLERIES is pleased to announce the representation of Toronto-based artist Elaine Ling and to debut her photographic series Eternal Blue Sky: Mongolia.

Elaine Ling's photo work is noted for her enduring quest in exploring the shifting equilibrium between nature and the man-made in many far-fetched locations around the world. From 2002 to 2005 Ling undertook several journeys to explore the landscape of the Gobi Desert, to search for and document the ancient Deer and Turkick Stones. Spiritually speaking, these stones are the most beautiful and important archaeological treasures of Mongolia. During these trips, she discovered the richness of the Mongolians' hospitality, was invited to dine and sleep in their tents and entertained with traditional music. She was not only able to document the solitude and history of the vast desert, but also its people, their dwelling interiors and eclectic collections of family memorabilia. All are captured on negative films and printed large-scale as gorgeous, black and white gelatin silver prints.

Elaine Ling was born in Hong Kong and has lived in Canada since the age of nine. Her photographic projects have taken her to the deserts of Namibia, North Africa, Mongolia, India, South America, Australia, and the American Southwest, and in the citadels of Persepolis, Petra, Cappadocia, Machu Picchu, Angkor Wat, and Great Zimbabwe. Ling's recent solo exhibitions include Foto Arte, Brasilia, Brazil; FotoRio, Rio de Janeiro; Britanico, Lima, Peru; Encuentros Abiertos, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Bratislava Photofest, Bratislava, Slovakia; Fototage, Mannheim, Germany; and exhibitions at Museo de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia; Houston Center for Photography; Musée de la Photographie à Charleroi, Belgium; and Prague House of Photography. She has been published in The Polaroid Book, Powerhouse Review, Aperture, Photo Technik Int, and View Camera.

Her photographs are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Henry Buhl Foundation, New York; Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York; Musée de la Photographie à Charleroi, Belgium; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark; Centro Portugues de Fotografia, Portugal and Centro Internazionale di Fotografia Scavi Scaligeri, Italy. Based in Toronto, she has work in the collections of the Royal Ontario Museum, Ryerson University, and the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa.

Read Artist Statement (as link)
http://artpost.info/ipage/result.asp?ip_id=94