Apricot Blossom Spring Villa (Hangzhou), 2024
Financial Times newspaper, archival inkjet, acrylic, and sand on linen
150 x 200 x 5 cm
59 x 78 1/2 x 2 in
59 x 78 1/2 x 2 in
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The painting invites contemplation of the rise and fall of civilisations in an age of datascapes shaped by the light speed movements of capital that creates both utopias and dystopias....
The painting invites contemplation of the rise and fall of civilisations in an age of datascapes shaped by the light speed movements of capital that creates both utopias and dystopias. Complex interplays of destruction and renewal, natural and artificial, and the duality of the "in-between" Chinese Diaspora identity, are all brought to light in the backdrop of geopolitical and historical events, in our rapidly changing world where history is written by victors.
The landscape paintings is composed of scenes from the 1744 Qianlong Emperor's imperial album "40 Views of the Yuanming Yuan". These paintings have been digitally reformed to hover like auroras over the top GDP cities of Modern China, providing a haunting contemporary juxtaposition to the historical imagery.
The landscape paintings is composed of scenes from the 1744 Qianlong Emperor's imperial album "40 Views of the Yuanming Yuan". These paintings have been digitally reformed to hover like auroras over the top GDP cities of Modern China, providing a haunting contemporary juxtaposition to the historical imagery.