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Acrylic painting on canvas depicting the Palace of Westminster along a river, with its reflection in the lower half. The Palace and river are rendered in grey tones. The sky and trees in the upper half are in green tones. The painting resembles a posterised photograph.

Acrylic painting on canvas depicting the Palace of Westminster along a river, with its reflection in the lower half. The Palace and river are rendered in grey tones. The sky and trees in the upper half are in green tones. The painting resembles a posterised photograph.

Acrylic painting on canvas depicting the Palace of Westminster along a river, with its reflection in the lower half. The Palace and river are rendered in grey tones. The sky and trees in the upper half are in green tones. The painting resembles a posterised photograph.

M+ Sigg Collection, Hong Kong. By donation, © Yan Lei

Yan Lei 顏磊

London (Houses of Parliament) 倫敦

2002

Details

Object Number:

2012.1213

Object Type:

Related Makers:

Yan Lei (Artist)

Medium:

acrylic on canvas

Date:

2002

Dimensions:

overall: 138.5 × 221.5 × 2 cm

Collection:

M+ Sigg Collection

Credit Line:

M+ Sigg Collection, Hong Kong. By donation

Copyright:

© Yan Lei

About the Maker:

Yan Lei (born 1965, Lanfang) graduated from the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, in 1991. He works in painting, video, photography, and installation, belonging to a generation of artists who use art to negotiate authority. He takes images from Chinese and Western popular culture and manipulates them, often digitally, to challenge the power structures of the art system. Yan lives and works in Beijing and Hong Kong.

Yan Lei Painting Visual Art M+ Sigg Collection

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