Yao Lu has created a thoughtful and timely series inspired by traditional Chinese paintings entitled New Landscapes in which mounds of garbage covered in green protective nets are assembled and reworked by computer to create images of rural mountain landscapes shrouded in the mist. New Landscapes will be on view until December 12 at Bruce Silverstein Gallery, 535 West 24th Street, New York City.
Early Spring on Lake Dong Ting, 2008. © Yao Lu/Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City
View of Autumn Mountains in the Distance, 2008. © Yao Lu/Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City
River Village Covered with Snow, 2007. © Yao Lu/Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City
Viewing the Waterfall from the Pine Rocks, 2007. © Yao Lu/Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City
Autumn Mist in the Mountain with Winding Streams, 2007. © Yao Lu/Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City
Overlapping Waves and Lush Trees, 2007. © Yao Lu/Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City
Clear Cliff Shrouded in Floating Clouds, 2007
Dwelling in the Mount Fuchun, 2008. © Yao Lu/Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City
Fishing Boats Berthed by the Mount Yu, 2008. © Yao Lu/Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City
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Lu’s work is stunning.
We just saw some of his work at an exhibit in the San Diego Museum of Photographic Art showing until 5 Feb, 2012: Infinite Balance: Artists and the Environment.
Infinite Balance is the first US presentation of artists shortlisted for the Prix Pictet, the world’s top prize for photography and sustainability. The exhibition will showcase noted contemporary photographers from across the globe, including Sammy Baloji, Edward Burtynsky, Thomas Joshua Cooper, Susan Derges, Naoya Hatakeyama, Chris Jordan and Michael Wolf.
The exhibition brings together three years of internationally-acclaimed and award-winning photography, all set on addressing the issues of our changing world and sustainability. Infinite Balance will display works from the three themes that defined each year of the Prix Pictet, including Water, Earth and Growth.
This work is incredible. Any news on 2012 Exhibitions?