No.223 | Under the Sunlight, There is No True Intimacy

Fotografiska Shanghai and Three Shadows Xiamen Photography Art Centre jointly present Under the Sunlight, There is No True Intimacy, the first solo exhibition by No.223 (a.k.a. Lin Zhipeng), a defining voice in contemporary Chinese image-making.

Curated by Teng Qingyun and Li Zijian, the show features over 100 works, and traces two decades of No.223's photographic practice, initiating a profound dialogue on intimate experience, visual resistance, and bodily narrative.
The exhibition’s title reflects No.223’s enduring creative philosophy—beneath the seemingly ordinary surface of daily life lies another, more complex topography shaped by the body, desire, and emotion.
His lens moves as a calm yet poetic observer through urban corners, natural fragments, and private scenes, capturing those fleeting, unclassifiable moments often overlooked.

Within contemporary visual culture, desire persists as an ambiguous force of resistance, navigating the space between social discipline and individual expression.
This exhibition unfolds around this very tension, exploring how desire becomes a form of subversive everyday practice.

No.223 is more than an artist’s alias—it is a creative stance: a refusal to be confined to a single identity, insisting instead on dual expression through both image and text.

In an era shaped by social media and instant visual stimulation, his work, marked by subtle endurance, reawakens the viewer’s connection to their own experience.
Until June 14
Daily, 10.30am-11pm
RMB80 Weekday, RMB100 Weekend
Ticket covers all ongoing exhibitions in Fotografiska
Fotografiska Shanghai 127 Guangfu Lu, by Jinyuan Lu, Jing'an District 光复路127号, 近晋元路
Source: ThatsShanghai