A former gas works housed a strange selection of undiscovered images, from sexy Chinese art censored by the authorities to a reworked West Side Story.
No. 223’s works explore the new Chinese way of life,allowing the viewer a personal look inside the homes and hang-out spots ofteenagers and young adults as they song, smoke, shower, get stoned or brushtheir teeth. Sometimes they’re naked, still something of a taboo here, but becauseNo.223 self-publishes his photo book, he can fill them with whatever he likes.
Blissfully young and tragically hip, 223 renders visible China’s seductive spaces of pain and pleasure and cool. The saturated colors and glistening bodies, inturn,map the dreamscape of a generation.
