LIGHTSTAGE GALLERY PRESENTS A FIRST RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF ARTIST AND AWARD-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER MARGOT ERRANTE. “20 YEARS OF CHINA — MOMENTS IN SHADOW” (二十年在中國  —  陰霾人生) :

We spend much of our days chasing the light, bright, the stark, the sometimes over-exposed. With a delicate and voluptuous precision, Margot invites us to dance in the dark, to revel in the innuendo of shadows and restraint, and to re-anoint our feelings and memories of China with this, her, journey over two decades to celebrate moments of humanity.

“China to me was very much about silence. This is how I learned to dig deep inside myself.” — Margot Errante

LIGHTSTAGE Gallery is pleased to present “Twenty Years of China – Moments in Shadow” a solo retrospective exhibition of works by internationally acclaimed Italian photographer and artist Margot Errante.

This exhibition comprises a participatory projection installation and sound installation and a collection of photographic works accompanied by written texts. The images represent Margot’s moments of China spanning from 1996 through 2016 through a country she has identified with as ‘home’ from a young age. “Twenty Years of China” neither purports to be documentary nor another compilation of historic moments nor a national narrative. The collection is bound together by the overarching theme of stories of humanity and Margot’s evolving relationship with the land, its people, and her artistic eye.

Often minimally-lit and drawing influence if not inspiration from chiaroscuro technique, Margot plays with light and shadow to draw attention to what might otherwise be unseen or overshadowed, seeking ever to transmit emotion rather than describe in explicit granularity.

Each photograph thus invites a reflective exchange between the recognition of Margot’s vision, her scaffolding of light and emotion, and the onlooker’s individual exploration of the stories suspended in the shadows of each photograph, the details shaped by stirred memories, their individual experience and imagination.