{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Abandoned Miniature Cities","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city-2.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-09-24T15:59:25Z","description":"Jiang Pengyi creates very interesting miniature cities in abandoned, forgotten houses in China and explores in that way the present Chinese modernity - skyscrapers, contemporary high-rise apartments, express ways...","html":"\u003cp\u003eChinese artist \u003cstrong\u003eJiang Pengyi\u003c/strong\u003e has a foible for skylines, cities and urban landscapes and therefore started to create so called “unregistered cities” in abandoned warehouses. These abandoned miniature cities appeal somehow scary, but I really like the idea to stumble upon such an installation while my next warehouse visit\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Jiang’s most recent series, titled Unregistered City, he further explores the present monuments to Chinese modernity - skyscrapers, contemporary high-rise apartments and the curves of Beijing’s express ways - but all done in miniature. Jiang sets his model cities in derelict buildings and vacant rooms that belong to the old world and that have been forgotten by the present. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/banks/digital-generation3-3-10.asp\"\u003eartnet.com\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the way, China seems to have a lot of great abandoned spaces - If I would have no fear of being shot there, I would go there to paint\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1868\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1868\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1868\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city_hu_bb401c17e9186ec3.avif 480w, /abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city_hu_7d25a894744d793e.avif 960w, /abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city_hu_7c251f218fde2169.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city_hu_151e399d4a7a64d1.webp 480w, /abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city_hu_4d4dc8a83353da3c.webp 960w, /abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city_hu_d435e7d1a6401d9e.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city_hu_7f61903dbddcb9a.jpg\" srcset=\"/abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city_hu_e4dd5c0440ae45d2.jpg 480w, /abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city_hu_4af031f40a1413fc.jpg 960w, /abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city_hu_7f61903dbddcb9a.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1035\" alt=\"jiang pengyi - miniature city\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ejiang pengyi - miniature city\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1868\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1868\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1868\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city-3_hu_3d1a3466ec7f4985.avif 480w, /abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city-3_hu_3a8ebd7da82ae578.avif 960w, /abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city-3_hu_cb72123ea81c3484.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city-3_hu_96b8165aac031a62.webp 480w, /abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city-3_hu_47ecb422818246be.webp 960w, /abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city-3_hu_a63cf7f3f8f36dd3.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city-3_hu_5e796c6486ae432d.jpg\" srcset=\"/abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city-3_hu_27e17f0e01f031f7.jpg 480w, /abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city-3_hu_1a625ec7a88456bb.jpg 960w, /abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city-3_hu_5e796c6486ae432d.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1035\" alt=\"jiang pengyi - abandoned city\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ejiang pengyi - abandoned city\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\nVia \u003ca href=\"http://www.rebelart.net/diary/jiang-pengyi-unregistered-city/006627/\"\u003erebelart.net\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nChinese artist **Jiang Pengyi** has a foible for skylines, cities and urban landscapes and therefore started to create so called “unregistered cities” in abandoned warehouses. These abandoned miniature cities appeal somehow scary, but I really like the idea to stumble upon such an installation while my next warehouse visit...\n\n\u003e In Jiang’s most recent series, titled Unregistered City, he further explores the present monuments to Chinese modernity - skyscrapers, contemporary high-rise apartments and the curves of Beijing’s express ways - but all done in miniature. Jiang sets his model cities in derelict buildings and vacant rooms that belong to the old world and that have been forgotten by the present. ([artnet.com](http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/banks/digital-generation3-3-10.asp))\n\nBy the way, China seems to have a lot of great abandoned spaces - If I would have no fear of being shot there, I would go there to paint...\n\n![jiang pengyi - miniature city](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city.jpg\u003e)\n\njiang pengyi - miniature city ![jiang pengyi - abandoned city](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/abandoned-miniature-cities/jiang-pengyi-miniature-city-3.jpg\u003e)\n\njiang pengyi - abandoned city \nVia [rebelart.net](http://www.rebelart.net/diary/jiang-pengyi-unregistered-city/006627/).\n","tags":["Art Installation","Jiang Pengyi","Designer Toy"],"title":"Abandoned Miniature Cities","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/abandoned-miniature-cities/"}