Urban Sprawl 3 城市蔓延3

There are inevitably contradictions between the global expansion of cities and the environment . While many leave the rural area for cities in search of greater opportunities, there is a certain nostalgia for the natural landscapes they leave behind. As cities expand, the growing sprawl offers controlled representations of nature. Fake rocks, mountains and rivers build the illusion that we are still surrounded by nature. Yet ironically, this sprawl creates environmental degradation as a result. These works represent the clash through intentional use of colors and forms. Repetitive marks, busy texture, bright saturated colors show the chaotic transformation of urban life.

From one angle the fragile form may be reminiscent of organic shapes like corals, yet the alien colors accentuate human intervention in nature. But from another perspective one might see heavy and sharp manmade architecture with soft natural colors. Each perspective provokes new insights from the viewer. The chaos that emerges between the heavy angular control of urban life is juxtaposed with delicate organic expansion. Harsh monolithic geometries jut out into slowly decaying organic forms pockmarked with corruption. Like flowers that sprout from solid rocks and slowly spread, the series captures the frozen moment of blossoming in opposition to manmade constraints and the harmony that emerge in the uncontrolled chaos.

全球城市化进程与环境问题产生了不可避免的矛盾。许多人离开了偏远乡村来到城市寻找更多机会，他们同时也还留存对于自然的眷恋。城市的扩张蔓延为被束缚的自然提供了环境，人造山石与河流环绕人们，假想仍然被自然环绕。而这种扩张却带来了环境的恶化。这一系列作品通过色彩和形状来表现城市发展与自然环境之间的冲突。不断重复的笔触、繁复的质感和高度饱和的色彩表现着城市生活的杂乱无章。

一方面，这些脆弱的形态可以看作是对类似珊瑚的自然有机形态的诠释，而这些古怪的色彩却又强调了人类对于自然环境的强加干预；换一个角度观察，观者可能会认为这些形状是带着温柔自然色的沉重尖利的人为建筑。每一个视角都会给观者带来新的见解。从城市生活的粗犷棱角与纤弱的自然扩张的对比中产生了一种杂乱无章。尖利巨大的几何体转化成为被麻点侵蚀的有机形态。就像鲜花从水泥缝隙中坚韧生长并绽放一般，这一系列作品抓住了自然在人为限制中盛放的那一瞬。

Exhibition History

Renqian Yang: Complementary Colors, Fou Gallery, New York, January 14–March 19, 2017.

Literature History

Lin, Zi. "Renqian Yang: Complementary Colors" (Fou Gallery exhibition review). Artco China (March 2017): 102, illustrated.

"Fou Gallery announces ‘Renqian Yang: Complementary Colors’ opening on Jan. 14." CAFA Art Info, January 6, 2017, illustrated. http://en.cafa.com.cn/fou-gallery-announces-renqian-yang-complementary-colors-opening-on-jan-14.html