Monica Dematte Author

Monica Dematte has lived between Italy and China since 1986. She has been curator at the Singapore Art Museum and the Shangai Gallery of Art. Currently she is artistic director of Mo Art Space a Xinmi, Henan. For Private, the international photography review, she has edited three issues dedicated to China: China. Flesh and Blood (1999), Earth. The Infinite China of the Countryside (2005) True or Real? China (2011). Her book Art - An Individual Research: Witnessing 20 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art (Hebei Arts Publishing House, 2008) is the only book on this subject published in Chinese by a foreign scholar. Niu Guozheng was born in Baofeng, Henan, in 1955. After having enlisted in the Army, in 1980 he joined the Police force of Pingdingshan, working in that capacity until 2015. His initial photography was work-related, but he soon developed an interest and passion for it. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions: Slogan (2005, Pingyao International Photo Festival); Dreamy Landscapes (2005, Lianzhou International Photo Festival); Retrospective (2008, Ofoto Gallery, Shanghai); Sport the Chinese Way (part of the great exhibition on reportage, 2009, Wanping, Beijing); Once there were the centers for custody and identification (2015, CAFA Gallery, Beijing).