Mountains and Pines in Spring, 100×174cm, 2019
My works use the traditional Chinese painting style to express the appearance of contemporary China. China is constantly developing, and new things are constantly emerging, affecting our lives. For example, QR codes and barcodes and various small advertisements emerge all over the city.
Mountains and Pines in Spring, Details
I hope that everything we do will make a positive change in the world. We must protect the environment and our hard work means that the world will become more harmonious.
Photography can be understood as very traditional. It can record many previous histories and bring people back to a previous era. Photography is also very contemporary as it can reassemble and edit things we witness very clearly. It may bring a sense of illusion of time and space for people when viewing the works. What they are seeing are both real and virtual images.
Wind among the Trees on the Riverbank, A: 150×80cm, B: 120×64cm, 2016
Wind among the Trees on the Riverbank, Details
In terms of the style of the work, I advocate maintaining the aesthetics of the picture, which includes the composition, line, density and other rules of the painting. A good work is composed of many factors, and it should be able to reflect the artist’s cultivation and ability. A good work is wise.
This kind of extension to photography provides me with a very large space for expression, allowing me more techniques to create.
Heaven on Earth 4 and Details
Heaven on Earth 5 and Details
Yao Lu
Born in Beijing
1987-1991 Student at Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, Bachelor's degree
1991-1998 Employed as a Journalist in China Land and Resources News
1998-2000 Master of Arts Visual Art (photography), Queensland College of Arts, Griffith
University, Brisbane, Australia
2000- Professor of the Photography Department, China Central Academy of Fine Arts
Solo Exhibition
2013 ·YAO LU SOLO EXHIBITION
Hayward Fine Art, Brisbane, Australia
2011 ·YAO LU’s NEW LANDSCAPES
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 ·YAO LU’S NEW LANDSCAPE
Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, USA
2008 ·CONCEALMENT AND RESTRUCTURING
Yao Lu’s New Mountains and Waters
798 Photogallery Beijing, China
Group Exhibition
2019 ·LANDSCAPING—Contemporary Photography Exhibition
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chuang Zhou City, China
2018 ·BACKLIGHT—CHINESE CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
Chengdu, China
·TRADITION IS THE POWER FOR INVENTION —CAFA Centennial Works of Teacher Exhibition
The Prince's School of Traditional Arts, London, United Kingdom
·ART OF THE MOUNTAIN—Through The Chinese Photographer’s Lens
China Institute Gallery New York USA
2017 ·BORN IN THE 60’S CHINA CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION &INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION FOR SWEDISH ARTISTS
China Cultural center in Stockholm
2016 ·SPANNING TIME:CONTEMPORARY CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHY
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2015 ·THE FIRST EDITION OF CHANGJIANG INTERNATIONAL IMAGE BIENNALE—Special Exhibition
Chang Jiang Museum of Contemporary Art, Chongqing, China
·THE PERSISTENCE OF IMAGES — Chinese Contemporary Photographic Exhibition Yao Lu & Hong Hao
Guangzhou China
2014 ·2014 LIANZHOUFOTO FESTIVAL—STAGING ENCOUNTERS,
(Ten Years of Contemporary Photography in China), Lian Zhou China
·THE AIPAD PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW, New York, USA
Image and Text Courtesy of the Artist.
Translated and Edited by Sue and Emily.
