China Yangtse Three Gorges Dam Development Project (Paintings 2008 - 2009 )

From the China Yangtse Three Gorges Development Corporation website: www.ctgpc.com/ ; based on public relations images before and during construction. The Dam is the largest hydropower-complex project in the world, taking over three decades to build, and now one of China's worst environmental nightmares. The drawings evoke traditional Chinese landscapes while re-purposing the documentation of the construction: landscape painting at the crossroads of nationalist propaganda and eco-rhetoric.

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items are from between 13 Oct 2008 & 01 May 2009.