Marcel Heijnen
Hide and Seek: China’s City Cats
Book launch: Sunday, May 24, 4pm – 6pm
A decade after the viral success of Marcel Heijnen’s Hong Kong Shop Cats, a long-awaited sequel has finally been published. This time, the Dutch photographer turns his lens towards urban cats across China.
Blue Lotus Gallery is proud to present Hide and Seek: China’s City Cats (躲猫猫), a new series by Marcel Heijnen. Comprising a comprehensive China edition alongside three city-specific volumes, this brand-new four-book collection marks the culmination of Heijnen’s enduring fascination with the feline inhabitants who navigate the ever-shifting landscapes of China’s major cities.
Since 2016, Marcel Heijnen has traversed nearly twenty Chinese cities, documenting the lived-in reality of Hong Kong’s traditional trade districts, the communal courtyards of Shanghai’s shikumen, and the enduring residential pockets of Guangzhou. Rather than seeing these spaces as mere relics, Heijnen portrays them as active, functioning ecosystems in which cats are integral to the social fabric. His lens documents these felines as the “kings and queens” of their domains: ancestral halls, active construction sites, and the small-scale retail hubs that form the backbone of local neighbourhoods.
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Blue Lotus Gallery, established in 2007, is a photography gallery with a strong focus on exploring Hong Kong culture and identity. The gallery offers an exquisite selection of books, limited edition and vintage prints on old and new Hong Kong by respected master photographers, such as Fan Ho, and emerging contemporary artists.
Represented artists
Au Tze Long 區子朗, Nick Brandt, Christopher Button, Tugo Cheng, Ben Felten, Greg Girard, Gijsbert Hanekroot, Fan Ho, Alexis Ip, Stefan Irvine, Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze, Michael Kenna, Michael David Kistler, Ian Lambot, Keith Macgregor, Yasuhiro Ogawa, Marc Progin, Wing Shya