'Urban Fiction, No 23'
Photograph
2005 (made)
2005 (made)
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This photograph expresses Danwen's personal feelings of urban life in China today – that it can be lonely, psychologically distant and devoid of a sense of reality. The buildings in the photographs are sales models made by real-estate developers, but Xing Danwen digitally inserts herself into the images, adopting different personae and creating unsettling narratives. The photograph was shown in the V&A exhibition and touring show China Design Now, the first major exhibition in the UK on new Chinese design that has emerged over the last two decades..
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Title | 'Urban Fiction, No 23' (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | digital C-print |
Brief description | Colour photograph, 'Urban Fiction, No 23', Xing Danwen, 2005 |
Physical description | A colour photograph depicting a sales models of a block of flats. There are a number of figures interspersed within the photograph that have been digitally inserted onto the image. The image has a greenish tone. |
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Summary | This photograph expresses Danwen's personal feelings of urban life in China today – that it can be lonely, psychologically distant and devoid of a sense of reality. The buildings in the photographs are sales models made by real-estate developers, but Xing Danwen digitally inserts herself into the images, adopting different personae and creating unsettling narratives. The photograph was shown in the V&A exhibition and touring show China Design Now, the first major exhibition in the UK on new Chinese design that has emerged over the last two decades.. |
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Accession number | E.916-2010 |
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Record created | August 22, 2011 |
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