Artlog

Opening: 06/12 from 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM

Traveling throughout old and new China, Steven Wilkes has expertly portrayed a nation amidst rapid and vast transformation. Focusing on both rural and industrial settings--and the increasing number of areas where the two collide--the artist draws our attention to a changing way of life. The large, spectacular imagery speaks of not only a new era... Read more

Opening: 06/12 from 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM

Traveling throughout old and new China, Steven Wilkes has expertly portrayed a nation amidst rapid and vast transformation. Focusing on both rural and industrial settings—and the increasing number of areas where the two collide—the artist draws our attention to a changing way of life. The large, spectacular imagery speaks of not only a new era in China, but also a shift in global economies already felt in the United States.

Wilkes, however, is always sure to include a human element in his photographs. Conscious of the individual lives affected by such a riptide of industrialization, the artist hopes to remind his audience of the real implications of such drastic economic and social shifts.

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