Against the background of unparalleled economic growth, Aurélien Maréchal illustrates the transformation of urban
landscapes in China.
At the end of 2013 he begins a four years long exploration of Chinese megacities facing a significant architectural
development. His focus lies on new residential neighbourhoods under construction whose excessiveness reveals surrealist scenes of contemporary dystopia. Aurélien Maréchal intercepts this stage of mutation with an objective and minimalist photographic approach.
His series "Block" was exhibited at the ORIGINAL IDENTITY GALLERY in Shanghai in 2017.
Aurélien Maréchal is a self-taught photographer born 1980 in Château-Gontier, France.
Since 2012 he is based in Shanghai, China.
landscapes in China.
At the end of 2013 he begins a four years long exploration of Chinese megacities facing a significant architectural
development. His focus lies on new residential neighbourhoods under construction whose excessiveness reveals surrealist scenes of contemporary dystopia. Aurélien Maréchal intercepts this stage of mutation with an objective and minimalist photographic approach.
His series "Block" was exhibited at the ORIGINAL IDENTITY GALLERY in Shanghai in 2017.
Aurélien Maréchal is a self-taught photographer born 1980 in Château-Gontier, France.
Since 2012 he is based in Shanghai, China.
EXHIBITIONS
2019 - Group Exhibition, CONCRETE CHINA, at the Raibaudi Wang Gallery, Paris, France.
2017 - Solo Exhibition, BLOCK, at the Original Identity Gallery, Shanghai, China.
2017 - Group Exhibition, STAGED, at the 1933, Shanghai, China.
2016 - Somerset House, London, UK.
PRESS
2018 - Concrete by The Shanghai Literary Review
2018 - Harvard Journal New Geographies #09: Posthuman
2018 - Photogrvphy
2017 - HuArts - Scenes of contemporary dystopia
2017 - The eye of photography
2016 - Wired, (Wired Japan)
2016 - The 2016 EyeEm photography book
2017 - Photography Grant, Architecture category nominee.
2016 - Sony World Photography Awards, shortlisted Professional Landscape category.
2016 - EyeEm Awards 2016, "The Architect" category finalist.