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Jay Zhuang , one of the culture producer in “downtown life” of China. The Visual Artist Jay is pioneer in China, pays the attention and creation to the celebrities and downtown parties.
Jay is born in one of scholarly Family of Hangzhou. In His university life, he is major in Geophysics, prepare to be the research Scholar, but he become a success businessmen in International logistic. Since he own the 1st digital camera in 1999, Jay start his research and develop the use of the Digital Camera. By 2009, over 5000 lanes demonstrate the dedication in the study of digital images. By collecting of those lanes over the world, over the fields Jay’s culture anxious towards the lanes which has be discarded along film image start replace by digital life. Jay made the resurrection of those lanes in the digital life era.
As Jay feels, Chinese did not learn or practiced in “the communication and love”, cause by the current education system, so that Jay find and recorded the “the communication and love” from the downtown Party or private party in the early modern open China. Jay recorded huge amount of images approve the Happy Time of all kind of “the communication and love” in those party, same time he also hosted many of the private party which explore the edge of “the communication and love”.
Jay disclaim he is an ordinary photographer even he have be well know as other famous world photographer. The image he caught most are celebrities, well know artist, such as fine-art artist, literature scholar, musician, performer for all kind of stages and star from all fields... the distinct of Jay’s works, you will find the unusual side of Chinese, there are happy, bright and colourful posture when they are just getting out the Gary suit. Most portraits are taken most from the party, it recorded all the happiness and the pride, and it shows all Jay’s resurrection of lanes is to capture the true happiness of his friends or friends to be. There is no pain and sadness in Jay’s portrait, as his wish as his image to the world.
Jay is a low-key businessman. Besides his international logistic and port development, he also partner with celebrity friend open and run night club and restaurant. Jay is such good host for private party, his nature hospitality success all his reception. Jay is always recording genuineness, and kindly protected.
As Jay becomes neighbour of MIan Mian, the literature artist who is city culture idol, the most controversial Writer, the collaborated book “Panda” have be published in 3 different visions, also commented by French publisher as modern vision of “Dangerous Liaison”.
2005 Jay’s Artist Portrait participated in Chinese Modern Art Biennial in Montpellier, France
2013 the Deville Festival of photograph, with theme of Deville, Jay is one of the seven Artists have been invited.
No matter is Jay’s exhibition, his Art display or his Party, always crowd with those groups of celebrity, Artists, musician, enterpriser, Writer, director, performer, officer, and merchant etc. Jay same as his objector have be through over 10years that the society had leap progress, they all grow-up, Jay’s passion and the downtown culture. Together experience the maturity of the heart. Even Jay only shows the visual work to the world a bit at time, it draws a dotted line marks his footprint of his passion in the path of his pursue.
--Mianmian in Shanghai at Sep.11th,2013
