However the dams 375 mile reservoir has already displaced over one million people and submerged over one thousand towns and villages this exhibition presents work that four leading contemporary chinese artists chen qiulin yun fei ji liu xiaodong and zhuang hui have created in response to the three gorges dam. Even if this identification is 24 jeff kelley art as complaint the three gorges project painting the three gorges dam in feature film and video correct i believe that the artist is using a historical story as a vehicle to by liu xiaodong san francisco asian art musem 2006 21 comment on social issues because yang bus story has nothing to do with the flood so prominently . Displacement the three gorges dam and contemporary chinese art hung wu isbn 9780935573466 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. When it is completed in 2009 the three gorges dam a hydroelectric dam that spans the yangzi river in china will generate enough electricity to power four cities the size of los angeles despite the fact that it will drastically reduce coal consumption and eliminate 100 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year the project is enmeshed in controversy. Displacement the three gorges dam and contemporary chinese art was organized by the smart museum of art university of chicagothe exhibition was curated by wu hung smart museum consulting curator harrie a vanderstappen distinguished service professor of art history and director of the center for the art of east asia university of chicago in consultation with jessica moss smart museum