In ‘Angel Standing on Wasteland’ a lone angel stands on a pile of rubble, gazing out at the high rises in the background. The ruins below the figure are frequent vistas in a 21st century Chinese city, where hutongs (traditional Chinese houses) have been torn down to make way for high rises and towers. In recent years, many Chinese have been displaced from homes that housed many generations of their family in order... More

In ‘Angel Standing on Wasteland’ a lone angel stands on a pile of rubble, gazing out at the high rises in the background. The ruins below the figure are frequent vistas in a 21st century Chinese city, where hutongs (traditional Chinese houses) have been torn down to make way for high rises and towers. In recent years, many Chinese have been displaced from homes that housed many generations of their family in order to create the government’s vision of a modern city. Like the bloodied wing of the figure in ‘Angel Standing on Wasteland’, many Chinese are devastated witnessing the destruction of all they hold dear. Short