“Between Blossoms,” an exhibition of photographs by Shen Wei, is at Flowers Gallery in New York through April 22. Wei, born in China and now based in New York, focuses on landscapes with a pervasive, ghostly negative space. This series, he says, uses “a touch of melodrama here, a hint of seduction there” to bring out the layer of dream-life hovering just beneath reality; he aims to find “an elusive, enchanting beauty” in the everyday.
Shen Wei, Watermelons, 2015, chromogenic print, 13⅜” x 20″.
House Frame, 2016, chromogenic print, 30″ x 45″.
Peach Tree, 2014, chromogenic print, 13⅜” x 20″.
Peacock, 2014, chromogenic print, 40″ x 60″.
Golden Box, 2014, chromogenic print, 13⅜” x 20″.
Hanging Shirt, 2015, chromogenic print, 30″ x 45″.
