Marvelous Realism, the first and largest exhibition of African photography in Asia, opened on Aug 30 at Fotografiska in Shanghai.

“非凡现实主义”——非洲摄影在亚洲的首个也是规模最大的展览，于8月30日在上海的Fotografiska隆重开幕。



Co-presented by Fotografiska and the KT Wong Foundation, the exhibition, curated by Ghanaian-British writer Ekow Eshun, brings together 16 established and emerging artists using photography and film as a means to envisage contemporary African cultural identity as a state of ongoing possibility.

此次展览由Fotografiska和拿督黄纪达基金会联合主办，由加纳裔英国作家埃科·埃尚策划， 汇集了16位知名和新兴艺术家，他们通过摄影和电影的方式，将当代非洲文化身份构想为一种持续的可能性状态。

According to Lady Linda Wong Davies, founder and chairman of the KT Wong Foundation, after having a home for 30 years in South Africa, she has seen the remarkable development and progress that Africa has achieved with the help of China. However, there is still very little understanding of China's culture in Africa and vice versa.

据拿督黄纪达基金会创始人兼主席琳达·王·戴维斯女士介绍，在南非生活30年后， 她见证了非洲在中国帮助下取得的显著发展和进步。然而，非洲和中国之间仍然缺乏对彼此文化的了解。

The philanthropist and art patron of Chinese descent who has been committed to fostering bridges between China and the wider world through her foundation then decided to initiate and create an exhibition of African photography, which she deemed as "the easiest and fastest way" to show the Chinese audience what contemporary Africa, beyond animals and starving children, really is.

这位致力于通过基金会搭建中国与更广阔世界之间桥梁的华裔慈善家和艺术赞助人随后决定发起并创办非洲摄影展， 她认为这“是最简单、最快捷的方式”，能让中国观众看到当代非洲的真实面貌，而不仅仅是动物和饥饿的孩子。

Marvelous Realism runs through Dec 1.

“非凡现实主义”展览将持续至12月1日。

If you want to go:

如果您想参观：

am-11 pm, Tuesday to Sunday, Fotografiska, No.127 Guangfu Road, Jing'an district, Shanghai.

至晚上11:00，地点位于上海静安区广富路127号Fotografiska。