RTSM | YAO Lu: "I hope that everything we do will make a positive change in the world. "

TEXT:CAFA ART INFO    DATE: 2020.12.29

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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.

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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.

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Heaven on Earth 4 and Details

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天上人间之四Heaven on Earth 5(局部).jpg

Heaven on Earth 5 and Details


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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.