The internationally acclaimed and collected Canadian artist brings a selection of her captivating photographic and multi-media work for the first time to Shanghai. Out of the same climate but not an imitator of the famous "Vancouver school" of photographers, including art stars Jeff Wall, Rodney Graham, Roy Arden, and Ken Lum, Davida Kidd's original and exquisite works cover universal issues found in the human condition: the psyche by the dream or ideal, the conscience by guilt, the personality by passion. Her complex, vibrant yet often delicate works contain darker elements, warnings of a world of transgression, of suppressed violence and sexual ambiguity, aggression and timidity, anxiety and exuberance, resistance and control, playfulness, cross cultural tensions and ironic humour. This is a very special opportunity to see work of the kind rarely seen in mainland China.

Please come welcome the artist as she attends the opening party, SATURDAY MAY 17^th, 2008 at ART LABOR Gallery, 5 – 8pm. 10 – 36 Yongjia lu (corner Maoming lu)

Info: 86 – 21 – 6431 7782

加拿大知名艺术家Davida Kidd本次个展，第一次向上海观众展示其多媒体摄影艺术，Davida Kidd的作品从人性本元出发探究全球各类的问题：梦幻或理想中的自我是何人、深藏于愧疚中的良知、激情中的人格显现。在她那些色彩明快、内容热闹的作品中确映射晦暗的元素：警示可能潜在的失序、对暴力和性模糊的压制；侵略和胆怯、焦虑和欣喜、抵抗和控制；游戏性、跨文化张力和讽刺意味的幽默。

 欢迎莅临艺术家本人出席的开幕酒会。

地点：ART LABOR 画廊 - 上海市永嘉路36号临10

时间：2008年5月17日星期六下午五点至八点

电话：6431 7782