Your City DNA as Artwork

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Guess which city DBA is it?Inside 8 more DNA painitings

‘City DNA‘ series by chinese painter Lu Xinjian is a set of cities formed as abstracts acrylic paintings on canvas based on aerial views from google earth
The paintings actually represent what in architecture is termed ‘city DNA’: the structure and form, whether planned or happenstance, of an urban settlement. the colours of each piece are chosen based on the official city and national flags.

Above: Moscow

 

 

‘stockholm’ (2010)

‘the triumph of new york’ (2010)

 

‘munich’ (2011)

 

‘hong kong’ (2010)

 

‘shanghai’ (2011)

 

‘los angeles’ (2010)

 

‘port of LA’ (2011)

Milano

Amsterdam

from left to right, top row: london, fribourg, madrid, paris
bottom row: groningen, las vegas, new delhi, kyoto

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