OK - I'll admit I'm not so sharp on the arts, but thats what getting on the road is all about, checking out new things - just when you think you've seen it all, theres so much more the next day. I'm never in a gallery, but a promo for the Istanbul Modern had me hooked. A walk across the bridge past the hot chestnuts, fish on a roll and mussels with a squeeze of lemon got me to the museum on the Bosphourus. Yao Lu is a Chinese photographer, whose used the traditional way of Chinese painting to inspire his reworked photography. It first looks like those temples and landscapes shrouded in mist, until you see the green is netting covering up rotting mounds of rubbish, dogs are scratching around, rubble is everywhere and factories pollute the air. Chinas rapid urbanisation is endangering their environment - Yao's photography sends a powerful message...I should get out more often.Deon
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