New creative space in Beijing offers a truly chic presentation

[Photo provided to China Daily]

Hans Fonk, an Amsterdam-based photographer and art director of the magazine Objekt, is presenting his series on bottles found in a canal in his city. These bottles are more than 300 years old and were thrown in by locals.

After decades of erosion, the bottles have changed colors, which reflect in his images against a black leather background.

Fonk was fascinated by the bottles after he first saw them at a friend's house years ago.

Before this series, Fonk produced another series on stones he found at the Forbidden City in Beijing. The series of photos were printed on rice paper, making them look like Chinese ink paintings. The photographer met Goo in February, and Goo invited him to display his bottle series at the ongoing show.