Portrait d'un Lama
Yang
Bin
About this photograph :
Portrait d'un Lama
The photographer created unrest by displaying a photograph accurately resuming the codes of the traditional painting of portraits. The framing of the subject corresponds to what is known today as an American shot, from the head to mid-leg. He is positioned three quarters on, but the head is face on and the subject is looking at the lens. This young Lama, from a Buddhist college in Sichuan, is holding a domino card game. He is sitting in front of an open window in his traditional monk clothing. The foreground is devoted to the model, but the background is not neglected. The depiction of the mountainous landscape, whilst in perspective, is a direct reference to Domenico Ghirlandaio’s painting ‘Portrait d’un vieillard et d’un jeune homme’ (Portrait of an Old Man with a Young Boy).The window opens out to infinity. The invented and reconstructed Renaissance landscape is one of Yang Bin’s preferred themes.
About the artist :
Yang
Bin
After studying the history of art with a focus on classical painting, Yang Bin, then 31 years old, finally launched himself into photography. Success was rapid and works by this Chinese artist, born in Beijing in 1975, already feature in numerous private collections around the world. Now a photographer, the artist is not ready to renounce his theoretical painting background. Yang Bin composes his photographs like a painter constructs paintings and an artist’s style transforms his models.
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