When visiting the Barbara Krakow Gallery at 10 Newbury St., don't expect to find paintings or sculptures. From now until Oct. 18, visitors can view pieces from Edward Burtynsky's collection of fine art photographs of Chinese industry.
The eight photographs of dark, industrial settings in the exhibition contrast sharply with the stark white walls of the gallery. Each photo is full of intricate detail of architecture and machinery, and Burtynsky includes both forgotten and existing factories, emphasizing the infiniteness of the linear perspective.
Whether the factory in the photo was from the industrial age of the past or the factories of today, Burtynsky beautifully captures both the silence of the abandoned and the life of industry within each factory.
In addition to the manufacturing photos, the exhibition includes photos that focus on city living. "Urban Renewal # 5," a shot of Shanghai from the top of Military Hospital, is a comment on the massive size of the population. Featuring a landscape of skyscrapers, the photograph's point of view makes it seem as if the city continues for hundreds of miles.
In his photographs of manufacturing and of city life, Burtynsky juxtaposes life and death by placing the audience in the middle of a crowded city or a desolate factory and forcing them to listen.
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