BAOHAN STREET | An African Community in Guangzhou
If you have not yet been able to collect your copy of the exhibition catalogue, there is also an online version. The catalogue edited by Jun.-Prof. Michaela Pelican gives more information about the photo exhibition and places the photographs in context with the African community in Guangzhou (China). You find contributions by Li Zhigang, Alexander Demissie, Li Dong, Michaela Pelican, Wang Shaobo and Sévérin Kaji. Visit this link for downloading the pdf.
From Cologne, the exhibition moved to Brussels where Li Dong’s photographs were exhibited in the RecyclArt cultural center of Brussels. For more information see RecycleArt’s homepage.
Chinese news agency Xinhua published an article in English about the exhibition opening in Brussels. Read the article here.
On 13 January 2015 curator Michaela Pelican gave a presentation about the photo exhibition at the University of Mainz. There she had the chance to present again her and Li Dong’s ideas on the photo exhibition „Baohan Street: An African Community in Guangzhou (China)“ as part of a Seminar Series organised by the Department of Anthropology and African Studies, University of Mainz. For further information visit their website here.