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Photography Southern Barbarian also has a commitment to showing artwork by some of the most thought-provoking photographers and video artists around. We regularly change the works hanging on our walls, to showcase some of the very best in China photography.
	North Korean Film Art Southern Barbarian, 2F Area E, 56 Maoming Nanlu, nr Jinxian Lu 3pm to 6pm, June 20th free beer From the “North Korean Titanic” to a film starring real-life American defectors, come and see how the Hermit Kingdom’s most popular films are advertised to the masses. The first ever Shanghai show of these handpainted posters includes an ad for The Nation and Destiny, an astonishing 88-hour long “multipart film”, which took the entire North Korean film and television industry a decade to make. Grab a cold free beer, munch some goats’ cheese and open your mind to some North-Korean-style entertainment, including a rare chance to see a film about the country’s iconic traffic ladies, who are human traffic lights. North Korea’s biggest film buff is its “Dear Leader” Kim Jong Il, so cinema plays a huge part in conveying moral and social messages to society, and is a valuable insight into an otherwise mysterious culture. Themes of personal sacrifice dominate, with intolerable suffering rewarded by gratitude from the leader. These should be viewed in the context of North Korea’s occupation, war and struggle for personal or global survival. Koryo Studio commissioned this collection during the 2002 Pyongyang Film Festival for Non-Aligned Countries (now more snappily named the Pyongyang International Film Festival). We are also showing six pen and ink prints from the private collection of Nick Bonner of Koryo Tours. Prices range from the affordable 1500RMB to 3500RMB. Koryo tours consultant and North Korean film buff, Nancy Pelligrini, will be on hand to talk about North Korean films, art and travel to the Hermit Nation.
	Dec 2009 "The Chairman and I" by Andre Eichman The culmination of one photographers own six-year Long March through China, bearing his camera and a statue of the Great Helmsman. The result is a compelling, thoughtprovoking, affectionate insight into the impact the Chairman had on the lives of individual Chinese. http://www.thechairmanandi.com
	Aug 2009 "Tales of the Yi" by Yan Ming Extraordinary photographs of the Yi minority taken by Guangzhou-based photographer Yan Ming during Spring Festival 2009. These intimate pictures chart a world rarely seen by outsiders, which looks unchanged by the modernisation that has transformed much of China. http://www.flickr.com/photos/yanming
	February 2009 "Time and Tide: Five years behind the Three Gorges Dam" is the first exhibition by Singaporean photojournalist Chua Chinhon. www.oraclephoto.com Over five years, he's charted the impact of this massive engineering project on the lives of ordinary people. He won the Judges' Special Recognition in the "Pictures of the Year International" for this series. http://www.poyi.org/66/GVA/index.php
	November 2008 “China Obscura” by Mark Leong http://www.reduxpictures.com/# The first Shanghai show of black and white photos from the stunning book "Camera Obscura" by Mark Leong from Redux Pictures.
	May 2008 Australian Video Art Video art from Australian sculptor Allan Giddy, including “Stations of the Cross” and “You”, a work which is also showing at the Tate London. http://www.allangiddy.org/ “Postcard from Sydney” by Atanas Djonov was a winner in the Sydney Underground Film Festival. http://members.optusnet.com.au/ozaharieva/AtanasDjonov.html
	May 2008 “3030: New photography in China” from 3030 press http://www.3030press.com/book1.php An eye-catching of works from this book by 3030 press, featuring 30 of the most exciting Chinese photographers under the age of 30.
	Jan 2008 “Balance” by Tang Ying http://www.flickr.com/photos/sakuralove Street photographer Tang Ying held her first exhibition of black and white photos of Shanghai at Southern Barbarian. The opening was even attended by Hollywood Star Steve Buscemi. http://shanghaiist.com/2008/01/20/steve_buscemi_t.php
	July 2007 Ariana Lindquist http://www.arianalindquist.com/ Our opening show was by American photojournalist Ariana Lindquist, the winner of the first prize in the World Press Photo award.