Chinese photographer Ren Hang has died, a representative of Klein Sun Gallery confirmed to Creators earlier this morning. Hang’s unique arrangements of nude models, usually his friends, conveyed a casual eroticism that often earned him censure from the Chinese government, including his arrest.
“Ren is a poet and photographer,” Klein Sun described the artist in a release for his May, 2016 solo show at their Chelsea location. “Splicing imagery of urban and rural environments as a metaphor for the increasingly citified millennials of today, he arranges the naked limbs of his friends in his hide-and-seek photographs. In these images, the subjects’ expressions are casual yet provocative, hinting at the erotic and playful energies between Ren Hang and his intimate circle of companions.”
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“Today we mourn the loss of Ren Hang, a talented and rising young photographer who passed away well before his time,” Eli Klein wrote on Instagram this morning. “@kleinsungallery was honored to host his solo exhibition last year and send our heartfelt condolences to all of his loved ones.”
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