艺术家借用绘画、影像表达着各自对城市的印象:繁华、拥挤、喧闹、混杂……在种种专注的凝视中,他们毫不掩饰地表达着对些这日新月异景观的震惊。有人说,世上本来没有城市,人多了也就成了城市。工业化以前在西方各国已经有一些城市,但那时规模小,发展缓慢。1600年,英国城市居民只占总人口的2%;1800年已增加到20%,而到了1890年就有60%的人住在城市。美国在 Drawing on the artist’s paintings, the images express their own impression of the city: prosperous, crowded, noisy, mixed ... ... in all kinds of dedicated gaze, they unobtrusively expressed the shock of these rapidly changing landscapes. Some people say that there are no cities in the world and many people have become cities. Before the industrialization, there were already some cities in the western countries, but at that time the scale was small and the development was slow. In 1600, urban dwellers in the UK accounted for only 2% of the total population; in 1800 it had risen to 20% and by 1890 60% lived in cities. America is here