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This issue of Pipeline is about photography. Once a year we like to focus on art that results from the interaction between light and light-sensitive material. Since the 1960s and the weakening of the social and political agendas of modernism, which prioritised the representation of human society through progress, art practices have become available to those minorities previously excluded: women, as reflected by the Untitled Film Series (1977-1980) by Cindy Sherman, a series of self-portraits as various stereotypes of western women; ethnic minorities; the lower classes of society; sexual minorities and so on. Since the 80s, contemporary artists have engaged with the mundane and the ordinary, coinciding with photographic material’s increasing everyday presence. It is therefore interesting to differentiate the versatile functions of photography in contemporary art-making; popularly employed for its documentary qualities within conceptual endeavours, it is also a good companion to figurative painting, especially since its recent transition back from abstraction.

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Pipeline杂 志是供艺术家、艺术研究者、策展人和艺术爱好者头脑风暴的平台。我们集思广益、开诚布公，致力于严肃艺术但不限于精英份子。在某几期刊物中， 我们为艺术家 和试验型项目提供了一个游乐场，而在每一期我们都旨在将当代艺术中分门别类、跨越地域的艺术实践联系起来，其中包括众多美术馆、展览以及非营 利性艺术空 间。Pipeline由香港Double Pipe出版社主办，每年出版六期。作为一本独立艺术杂志，Pipeline内容面向国际题材同时提供当地美术馆指 南。