I had a thought long time ago. I thought, it is possible use the structure of Chinese shan-shuin painting (山水畫 - landscape painting) to make photographs?
In one of the guest lectures this year, Nan Zheng (南政) - department head of photography at Zhongyuan University of Technology - who explained the structure and unique perspective in the tradition Chinese landscape paintings, which is quite different from the perspective in photography. Mr. Nan showed his works with applying the feature of Chinese landscape painting and the photographs did impress me. It was a brilliant talk. (In past, I didn't like this kind of photographic style, which can be found in Hong Kong style photographic salon because I didn't know there was a Chinese painting theory behind.)
In fact, Chinese landscape paintings usually are the top panoramic views with multiple perspectives. And it is possible to apply these feature to photography as long as the photograph is taken from a high-altitude location, it would be a mountain in this case.
Yang, Yong Liang has become one of my favorite artists...!
In one of the guest lectures this year, Nan Zheng (南政) - department head of photography at Zhongyuan University of Technology - who explained the structure and unique perspective in the tradition Chinese landscape paintings, which is quite different from the perspective in photography. Mr. Nan showed his works with applying the feature of Chinese landscape painting and the photographs did impress me. It was a brilliant talk. (In past, I didn't like this kind of photographic style, which can be found in Hong Kong style photographic salon because I didn't know there was a Chinese painting theory behind.)
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While I was traveling in Melbourne, I stumped upon a gallery called MiFA, and I found a Chinese contemporary artist, Yang, Yong Liang who utilizes the features of Chinese landscape painting and applies to his work.
His works are absolutely fantastic. I like the way he uses nowadays modern buildings and stitches them together in order to create a "contemporarised Chinese shan-shuin painting.
The Chinese painter in the past normally were the good and responsible officials who had frustrations about their ideas couldn't be promoted because of the bureaucracy. These officials would use painting and calligraphy to express their frustrations. What I like about Mr. Yang's works is that the contemporarised photoshoped paintings is expressing what he sees the future of China, and he can't change it with his bare hands, just only can express his idea on an artwork. Indeed, there are definitely lots of problems in Chinese such as over-populated and property market rises like a rocket.
Yang, Yong Liang has become one of my favorite artists...!