Vanguard Gallery will present Tang Chao’s solo project at this year’s Asia Now Paris Asian Art Fair, which includes two videos: Near the Salt Lake and Local Photography, as well pictures in the same series of  Local Photography.

In Local Photography, Tang Chao, by working with two policemen, organizes a series of whether-or-not photography activities in order to participate some photography festival. Things become even more nihilistic when being manipulated as the perspective of observation, the dimension of thinking and the transition of power all transformed in one frame after another, and the “truth” falls completely apart. Images from Local Photography, which look like the evidence of its video, are on screening through the viewfinder.

As Tang’s latest video piece, Near the Salt Lake deprives of being narrative that is commonly seen in his previous works. By using the images in a more abstract manner, he deliberately enlarges parts of the scene to avoid exploring the narrative. Sounds of breathing, laughter and wind keep reminding us the subjective existence of the video maker.