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Edward BurtynskyWushan #3, Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China, 20022011
2011
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Edward Burtynsky (b. 1955) is one of Canada's most successful photographers.
He is internationally renowned for his large-format photographs documenting the ramifications of industry on the environment. Burtynsky's work often presents a tension between wonder and desecration, reminding us of our simultaneous dependence and lack of concern for the planet.
Burtynsky has worked extensively in China and his images have defined their astonishing growth and ambition in the 21st century. This work, taken from Burtynsky's 2002 "China" series, documents the massive geographical transformation required for the realization of the Three-Gorge Dam project. The Dam was created to control flooding along the Yangtze River but consequently lead to nearly 632 square kilometers of land being completely submerged by the newly created reservoir. More than one-million people were resettled and vast areas of fertile soil, forests, and ecosystems were submerged in order to accommodate the project.
Like the best of Burtynsky's work, there is something both menacing and reverential in the depiction of the effects of such an epic engineering project. Scattered among rubble along the river's edge are two groups of people, taking in the destruction that surrounds them. This image, along with the Three Gorges Dam series, lays bare the violent tension between human progress and the natural world.
In 2008, a few years after completing his China series, Burtynsky began an extended project that focuses on the use of water as a resource, and the conflicts and complications embedded in humanity's relationship to it. See an example from the water series here.
Burtynsky's work is represented in over 50 museum collections around the world ranging from The National Gallery of Canada, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, to Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and Bibliothèque National, Paris.
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"Wushan #3, Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China, 2002"
Printed 2003, on Kodak Supra Endura Paper
Signed by the artist on label, verso
Edition: AP2
40"H 50"W (image)
48"H 58"W (work)
53"H 62"W (framed)
Very good condition.
- Creator:Edward Burtynsky (1955, Canadian)
- Creation Year:2011
- Dimensions:Height: 48 in (121.92 cm)Width: 58 in (147.32 cm)
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- Condition:very good condition.
- Gallery Location:Toronto, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 11-251stDibs: LU215217306242
Edward Burtynsky
Edward Burtynsky is regarded as one of the world’s most accomplished contemporary photographers. He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, in 1955 and is based in Toronto. His photographs are included in the collections of over sixty major museums around the world, including the National Gallery of Canada; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid; the Tate Modern, London and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California. Exhibitions include Anthropocene (2018) at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada (international touring exhibition); Water (2013) at the New Orleans Museum of Art Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, (international touring exhibition) and Oil (2009) at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. (touring 2009-2014). Awards and distinctions include the TED Prize, the Governor General's Award in Visual Media Arts, The Outreach award at the Rencontres d’Arles, and the Roloff Beny Book award.
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