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ji zhou constructs environmental illusions with maps and books
from now until october 10, 2015, klein sun gallery presents ‘civilized landscape’, an exhibition of photographic works by beijing-based artist ji zhou.
the image-based compositions transpose two ordinary objects — maps and books — into familiar visual representations of environmental and urban landscapes.
the artist’s distinct process tells as much of a story as the final image does — for these illusions, ji zhou collects maps and hand-sculpts the paper into peaks and troughs to mimic mountaintops. the topographic representations become literal depictions of the map’s overall purpose, translating function into form. additionally, for the series of ‘maquettes’, ji zhou sculpts stacks of books into cantilevered towers resembling city skyscrapers.
