
Manufacturing #7, Textile Mill, Xiaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China
A large-scale chromogenic print by Edward Burtynsky captures the overwhelming scale of industrial textile production in China, with rows of machinery and workers stretching into the distance of a vast factory floor. Burtynsky's signature documentary aesthetic transforms the repetitive patterns of labor and mechanization into an almost abstract composition of color and form. Printed on Fuji Digital Crystal Archive Paper, the image achieves a striking luminosity that simultaneously beautifies and critiques the global manufacturing landscape.
- Medium
- chromogenic print on Fuji Digital Crystal Archive Paper
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Under the Influence
September 16, 2014
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