This is a photographic documentary of Wugang, the Wuhan Iron and Steel Company. Supported by the Russian and built in 1958, the state-owned Wugang is one of the biggest steel factories in China and once signified the industrialization and modernization of the country. However, such industry causes severe environmental pollution. Through capturing the heavily polluted Wugang campus with somber images, this project reveals the price paid and the consequence behind the glory of modernization and economic prosperity, provoking the viewers into the search of a clean and healthy environment.
Designed by Lampo Leong
Recognized by A' Design Award.
Lampo Leong, PhD, is currently a Distinguished Professor, Doctoral Advisor, and Director of Centre for Arts and Design at the University of Macau and Tennued Professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Leong’s work has been featured in art auctions such as Christie’s, Ravenel, etc., and in art expos, museums, and galleries worldwide through more than 70 solo and over 430 national and international juried and curated group exhibitions, receiving over 100 awards such as Red Dot Award: Best of the Best, Gold Award at America Good Design, Gold Medal at the Creative Quarterly international art competition in New York. Leong's work can be found in over 10 museum collections and hundreds of notable corporate and private collections. Leong’s achievements have been documented in over 1000 reviews and publications, including the front cover of the New Art International in New York, the Creative Genius: 100 Contemporary Artists in London, and Art Frontier in the USA.
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