Dr. Zachary Y. Wang: Near · Faraway: Wuhan
"Near" is the urban texture beneath our feet and the individual's emotional memory; "Faraway" is the expansive cultural horizon and the unknown possibilities of art. Art serves as the bridge between the two, allowing seemingly opposing distances to find resonance.
On January 3, 2026, Wuhan Contemporary Art Laboratory (Wuhan C Lab) presents a series of visual works by Dr. Zachary Y. Wang. This exhibition also marks his first return to Wuhan with his work after years of being away from his birthplace. When he left as a youth, he thought his connection to this land had faded; he never expected that these images, which repeatedly ask "Where should I go" in his creative process, would eventually complete a tracing and response to "Where do I come from" in the form of an exhibition in his hometown.
The exhibition features two photographic series by Dr. Zachary Y. Wang: #0739 San Francisco records the identity alienation and urban relationships during his studies in San Francisco; 远方 faraway constructs a dialogue between time and memory through an ongoing creation of urban landscapes, inviting viewers to generate their own unique "faraway."
In the artist's creative context, "distance" is the core thread throughout – it is the choice of proximity between the lens and the subject, the silent gaze between the work and the viewer, and the interval of looking back at oneself and the past within the dimension of time. These philosophically charged images will construct multiple fields of dialogue within the gallery space, inviting every viewer to explore the inner connection between the individual and the hometown, the present and the past, through light and shadow.
Dr. Zachary Y. Wang
Zachary Y. Wang (Zakku) is an artist working with photographic media, installation, and text. His practice explores the relationship between visual language and the act of seeing, exploring the nuances of indirect expression, the mechanics of distance, and the interpretive lacunae that emerge in the act of seeing.
Through ongoing projects such as Faraway, Zachary reflects on physical and psychological distance, using photography as an open-ended medium—one that invites ambiguity, memory, and personal resonance rather than fixed meanings.
