Mouth to Source » artists http://mouthtosource.org/rivers For the greatest journeys on Earth Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:11:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Three Gorges Dam: Through the Lens of the Artist http://mouthtosource.org/rivers/blog/2009/10/31/three-gorges-dam-through-the-lens-of-the-artist/ http://mouthtosource.org/rivers/blog/2009/10/31/three-gorges-dam-through-the-lens-of-the-artist/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:42:41 +0000 admin http://mouthtosource.org/rivers/?p=1707 Fifteen years after construction started, the reservoir of the Three Gorges Dam will reach its final height in the next few days. After 1.3 million people have been displaced and up to $88 billion have been spent, it is time to take stock.

International Rivers hosts a flurry of media including photography, video, painting, drawing music and film shot over the years of construction…

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Photographs

Three Gorges Dam Image Gallery
International Rivers
Artists: Steven Benson, Chris De Bode

Chen Nong: San Xia – Curatorial Projects
Thomas Kellner: Photography in Art

Paintings

The Three Gorges Project: Paintings by Liu Xiaodong
Asian Art Museum and the Mary Boone Gallery, New York

Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art
Displacement is on U.S. tour through 2010.
Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago

Selected Works of Yun-Fei Ji
James Cohan Gallery, New York

Drawings

Drawings (2008-2009) – China Three Gorges Dam Project
Joy Garnett

Three Gorges Dam Series – Paintings and Work on Paper
Rick Camire

Music

Yangtze Journey
This piece is premiering on the slideshow for the first time.
Jeff Fallen

Film

“Rhapsody on Farewell” (2002), “River, River” (2005), “Color Lines” (2006), “The Garden” (2007)
Chen Quilin

Follow this link for them all at International Rivers

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