Cyano-Collage 068, 2019, 150 x 300
Exhibited in Photofair Shanghai in last September, Wu Chi-Tsung’s Cyano-Collage 068 was collected by Xie Zilong Photography Museum. Located in Changsha, the museum is prestigious for its symbolic architecture and professional interpretation of photography art.
Xie Zilong Photography Museum (XPM), located at Zone D of Yanghu Wetland Park in Changsha City, was founded by Mr. Xie Zilong, photographer, Chairman of Hunan Photographers Association and President of LBX Pharmacy Chain Co. Ltd., with an investment of 150 million yuan. As the largest non-profit photography museum in China, XPM was officially opened to the public for free since September 16th, 2017.
Designed by the famous architect Mr. Wei Chunyu, Dean of the School of Architecture of Hunan University and his team, XPM has a floor area of 10,600 square meters and was made by a one-off cast in fair bare concrete—it’s a return to the essence of architecture and art and a rejection and subversion of the flashy architectural language prevailing today, allowing the audience to feel the art of photography through the building. Of the four floors, the first one is the Art and Cultural Space with Zhinong Bookstore, Zhinong Café, a Japanese restaurant, a multifunctional hall and a water-viewing deck inside; the second and third floors are professional exhibition halls of 4,000 square meters with display walls as long as 1,000 meters, the tallest of the walls is 10m and the longest 40m and with professional German Erco display lighting; the fourth floor is a full set of a top-class Swedish Profoto high-end photo studio and a gallery.
As a professional and high-end world-class museum of photography, Xie Zilong Photography Museum integrates collection, exhibition, academic research and exchange and is dedicated to building a platform for the art of photography in China and to promoting the development of Chinese photography art.
吳季璁在上海影像藝術博覽會中展出的作品《氰山集之六十八》由位於中國長沙的謝子龍影像藝術館典藏，藝術館以其獨特的建築與對於攝影藝術的專業呈現而獨具聲望。
謝子龍影像藝術中心由中國攝影家協會理事、湖南省攝影家協會主席、老百姓大藥房董事長謝子龍全額出資1.5億元創辦，由湖南大學建築學院院長魏春雨團隊設計建造，建築面積約1萬平方米，2017年開始營運，為目前國內最具規模和收藏實力的民營非營利性影像藝術中心。
「當人們談起巴黎、紐約、倫敦時，總會聯想起羅浮宮博物館、大都會藝術博物館和大英博物館，這些博物館收藏著人類發展史上可堪稱頌的文化藝術結晶，它們的魅力和影響力吸引了全世界的目光，我也非常希望未來當人們談起長沙、甚至是中國的時候，謝子龍影像藝術中心成為一個『必去』的地標性建築和博物館級的影像藝術中心。」謝子龍在開幕新聞發布會上宣布，該館以弘揚影像藝術、提升城市文化品位為宗旨，不以商業盈利為目的，將成為國內最大的影像藝術公益藝術館。
「『還影像藝術一個殿堂級的藝術館』——這是我成立這個影像藝術中心的初衷和願景，也是我們期望達到的最高目標。」謝子龍說，「到目前為止，中國還沒有一個真正意義上的攝影藝術博物館。希望『謝子龍影像藝術中心』能夠成為研究影像藝術的資料庫，成為中國影像藝術的發聲平台，舉辦最有價值的影像藝術賽事，為促進影像藝術增添一份力量。」