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\u201cBetween Blossoms<\/a>,\u201d an exhibition of photographs by Shen Wei, is at Flowers Gallery in New York\u00a0through April 22. Wei, born in China and now based in New York, focuses on landscapes with a pervasive, ghostly negative space.\u00a0<\/em>This series, he says, uses \u201ca touch of melodrama here, a hint of seduction there\u201d to bring out the layer of dream-life hovering just beneath reality; he aims to find\u00a0\u201can elusive, enchanting beauty\u201d in the everyday.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Shen Wei, Watermelons<\/i>, 2015, chromogenic print, 13\u215c” x 20″.<\/p><\/div>\n

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House Frame<\/i>, 2016, chromogenic print, 30″ x 45″.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Peach Tree<\/i>, 2014, chromogenic print, 13\u215c” x 20″.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Peacock<\/i>, 2014, chromogenic print, 40″ x 60″.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Golden Box<\/i>, 2014, chromogenic print, 13\u215c” x 20″.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hanging Shirt<\/i>, 2015, chromogenic print, 30″ x 45″.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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