Autumn Mist in the Mountain with Winding Streams
Artist
Yao Lu
(Chinese. b. 1967 Beijing China, born 1967)
Date2007
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage (circle print on square support): 26 7/8 × 26 7/8 in. (68.3 × 68.3 cm)
Support (at trim line): 31 1/2 × 31 1/2 in. (80 × 80 cm)
Support (full - still needs trimmed): 35 1/2 × 35 7/16 in. (90.2 × 90 cm)
Support (at trim line): 31 1/2 × 31 1/2 in. (80 × 80 cm)
Support (full - still needs trimmed): 35 1/2 × 35 7/16 in. (90.2 × 90 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Benda Edelson, 2021
Object number2022.1.3
DescriptionCircular composition primarily filled with landscape, top 1/8 is beige sky with red chop at right. At top of landscape is a multi-tiered temple or structure with wall, shrouded in fog. Below are foothills, trees, and path. Landscape shrouded in net.eMuseum Notes
Chinese artist Yao Lu's series “New Landscapes Part 1” expresses his concern about the impact of China’s rapid urbanization and industrialization. Lu underscores the tensions between traditional and contemporary Chinese values by borrowing the formats and styles of ancient Chinese painting and then working digitally to create new scenes populated by small figures. What appear at first glance to be scenic mountains are instead enlarged construction sites covered in green netting. The environmental and cultural message is applicable globally, raising questions about the hidden costs of accelerated development and change.
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