The Chinese photographer’s image offers a different take on a Beijing artwork
On the first floor of Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, Yue Yu was waiting for a showing of the Mozart-inspired musical adventure film The Magic Flute to begin. The vast, crowded building is home to an opera house, a concert hall, two theatres – and these open-mouthed, ceramic sculptures.
“They’re by an artist called Zhu Legeng, and titled with the Chinese character for singing or eulogising. They’re very popular with visitors,” says Yu, 38, who lives in Tianjin, China’s seventh largest city. As he waited for his film, he noticed a family taking pictures of their little girl posing with the sculptures.
Continue reading… The Chinese photographer’s image offers a different take on a Beijing artworkOn the first floor of Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, Yue Yu was waiting for a showing of the Mozart-inspired musical adventure film The Magic Flute to begin. The vast, crowded building is home to an opera house, a concert hall, two theatres – and these open-mouthed, ceramic sculptures.“They’re by an artist called Zhu Legeng, and titled with the Chinese character for singing or eulogising. They’re very popular with visitors,” says Yu, 38, who lives in Tianjin, China’s seventh largest city. As he waited for his film, he noticed a family taking pictures of their little girl posing with the sculptures. Continue reading… Photography, Life and style, Art and design, Culture, Art
