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Conceptual photographer Cho Gi-Seok opens The Coexistence of Imperfection at Fotografiska Shanghai
\nRunning through March 8, the exhibition features four major series that unpack the beauty of contradiction through themes of nature, technology, humanity and tradition<\/p>\n
South Korean photographer Cho Gi-Seok<\/a> is one of Asia\u2019s most influential contemporary image-makers, leading the charge on a new visual sensibility characterized by delicate, surreal storytelling. No wonder he\u2019s been tapped to direct music videos for Jennie<\/a>, XG and Kali Uchis<\/a>, or lens campaigns for Louis Vuitton<\/a>, Prada<\/a> and Cartier<\/a> \u2014 gaze into one of his photographs, any one of them, and you\u2019ll instantly feel the pull of his dreamy scenes.<\/p>\n Cho is stepping into the spotlight at Fotografiska Shanghai, which is currently hosting The Coexistence of Imperfection, his first major solo exhibition. Featuring four pivotal series, the exhibition invites audiences to embrace the beauty of contradiction, and explore the tension between fragility and authenticity.\n<\/p>\n \u201cImperfection is not a flaw, but a more authentic and profound state of being,\u201d notes Cho. The artist fuses together ideas of tradition, technology, nature dream and emotion into a poetic tableaux. Cho\u2019s work embodies a balancing act of harmony and dissonance, of strength and vulnerability \u2014 from the body-flora connection in \u201cFlower Study\u201d and the subconscious chaos of \u201cBad Dream,\u201d to \u201cLove & Hate\u201d emotional seesaw to the moving study of humanity, nature and technology that is \u201cThese Days.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Widely considered the \u201cvisual alchemist of the digital age,\u201d per Fotografiska, Cho was\u00a0 trained as a graphic designer and took up photography in 2016. Despite being self-taught, his aesthetic eye fueled a swift global ascent. His images are at the vanguard of a blossoming \u201cNew Asian\u201d visual language: chimeras of tradition and futurism, rendered through the optimism of youth culture. Sharp, saturated salvations from the fatigue of the digital era.\n<\/p>\n