Xiaopeng Yuan - Campaign Child Physical 250 × 190 cm

250 × 190 cm

and political registration of reality filtered through the lens of photo notes

in 2017 the Japanese government began to reduce the exclusion zones and heavily financially incentivise residents to return to what were formerly bustling towns

and an insightful essay by Andrea Buttner resituates them within the greater body of the artist's output

in which Jair Bolsanaro’s victory may seal the destruction of the irreplaceable Amazon forever

Xiaopeng Yuan - Campaign Child Physical 250 × 190 cmCampaign Child by Chinese artist Xiaopeng Yuan uses the backdrop of commercial photoshoots to create new, unexpected narratives through the manipulation of bodies and objects in space. While developing as an artist, Yuan found himself routinely commissioned by Chinese kidswear brands to photograph white Western models and American settings within his native Shanghai. Using this controlled context as a parameter, Yuan began to excavate surreal,