2014

118.11" x 59.06" / 300 × 150 cm

In Artificial Wonderland II (2014), there are digital replicas of two Song Dynasty master paintings, namely Travelers Among Mountains and Streams (Fan Kuan) and Wintery Forest in the Snow (anonymous). Whereas ancient landscapes are often seen as being without time, Yang's interpretation of the latter work is a nocturnal image, titled Wintery Forest in the Night. The 2014 series marks a step forward in terms of digital technique--the piece is larger than ever and enriched with tremendously detailed images. Also, Yang incorporated natural mountain rocks into his signature artificial landscape for the first time. Images of the mountain rocks were mostly taken in Iceland and Norway.