Wang Du
Image retouchée, 2015
Resin
H 81 1/8 x 94 1/2 x 179 1/8 in
Photo: JC Lett
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Wang Du is an artist whose work offers a critical regard on today’s mediatized society. When the artist arrived in France in 1990, he couldn’t read French and therefore, could...
Wang Du is an artist whose work offers a critical regard on today’s mediatized society. When the artist arrived in France in 1990, he couldn’t read French and therefore, could only understand the news through the images shown. He thus realized the extent to which these are often reduced, manipulated and erroneous, and decided to make them the material for his work. He regularly makes use of images from the press which he translates into 3D form, all the while conserving the angle and perspective of the original shot. As seen in this Image retouchée (Retouched image), Wang Du likes to sensationalize or monumentalize news items, which take on another dimension thanks to his artistic rendering of the subject.