Yang Fudong, The Fifth Night, 2010 SOLD OUT
Yang Fudong is a Shanghai-based artist who produces dramatic and highly stylized films and installations. His works, often described as dream-like, engage the cinematic traditions of both Hollywood and experimental film while referencing the changing cultural conditions of contemporary China.
In Fifth Night, a single scene has been filmed simultaneously from seven different vantage points to create an open-ended narrative. The scene depicts a number of figures who wander and cross paths in a dark city square. This disjunctive narrative offers a sense of dislocation that is reflective of the new China as well as a rapidly changing contemporary society, and explores the tension between traditional ideologies/values, and recent modernization. Described by the artist as “a midnight theatre for an audience of one,” the film explores internal dialogues and emotive states during this “loneliest hour of the night.” For his Artist Edition, Yang Fudong selected a single image from his seven-screen installation that captures some of the mysterious and poetic beauty of his film: a young woman in a floral dress gazes into the distance while a young man stands behind her, his gaze fixed on her.
Medium: ink jet print,
Size: 56 x 37.3 cm (image size)
Edition of 50
Publisher: Vancouver Art Gallery
Comes with an artist signed certificate
Price: SOLD
This limited edition Yang Fudong print is available at New Art Editions
