Artificial Wonderland #1
Artist
Yang Yongliang
(Chinese, b. 1980)
Date2010
MaterialsPigment inkjet print on aluminun
DimensionsH. 47 1/4 in x W. 251 15/16 in, H. 120 cmx W. 640 cm (overall)
Credit LineGift of the Yiqingzhai Foundation
Object number2015.45.a-.c
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsPhotography
On View
Not on viewYang Yongliang combines photography and new media techniques to construct landscapes that examine the effects of urban development on China. This work is a photograph of a collage made from images taken by the artist. Referencing Chinese painting traditions through the photo collage's scroll format and composition, yet constructed from present-day photographs, Yang's Artificial Wonderland #1 presents a landscape that is both real and imagined, old and new.