Landscape Wall, are series of snapshots of billboards and passers-by hurrying down the streets. By employing a documentary method, I presented such a scene: passers-by in the lens and advertisement landscape paintings in the city as a backdrop were put in the same image. The places where the “real events” happen seem to have been changed totally. Most of the “landscapes” in my work are relevant to the real estate development, which indicates China’s rapid capitalization and urbanization process. With the accelerating urbanization and the overwhelming business profits, not only has China changed significantly in space, but also people’s values have changed profoundly in the process of pursuit of material wealth and endless jealousy. And they are becoming greedier for resources from the nature. The conspicuous elements of luxury life and the popular strategy of decoration with green ideas in modern life shown in the Landscape Wall have revealed the changes and conflicts of social values in urbanization. The picturesque and dreamlike “natural landscape” reminds people of the fragrance of earth and fresh air that were once familiar to them. Nevertheless, they will feel anxious when looking at the images of migrant workers and ordinary people that seem embarrassed and unharmonious in front of those “elegant mansions”. Landscape Wall seems to trigger people’s query: Will modernization and urbanization bring more happiness to the general public?
