Submitted by/Daphne Johnston
Pok Chi Lau, professor of design, stands with one of the photos in his display 'Flow, China.'
Lau displays 40 years of photography in 'Flow, China'
Pok Chi Lau, professor of design, recently exhibited his works at the Guangzhou Museum of Art in China. The show, "Flow, China," included works from Lau's portfolio over the past 40 years and was accompanied by a book of the same name.
The show took place from Jan. 12 to Feb. 12 in Guangzhou, a city of 10 million people and a center of business and commerce for the southern region of China. In addition to opening activities and lecture at the museum, Lau gave a presentation Jan. 10 at China Southern Normal University to about 100 undergraduate students.
Lau received a bachelor's of fine arts from the Brooks Institute of Photography in 1975 and an master's of fine arts from the California Institute of Arts in 1977. At KU, he teaches a variety of subjects, including content and design based on traditional and digital photography, video and mixed media.
Lau's research involves social documentary photography to approach issues such as migration of Asians to the Americas, multiculturalism, diversity and ethnic identity. His work focuses on Chinatowns in North America, the Imperial Valley of California and Tijuana, Mexico. His body of work has evolved into a project about mixed-race children, resulting in a trilingual photography book called "Dreams of the Golden Mountain."
Lau received a Hall Center for Creative Work Fellowship to make a body of conclusive photographs on contemporary China in 2003.
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