Every night an old coal train chugs in to central Beijing to deliver its load to the Guohua power plant, one of the city's
oldest power stations now surrounded by glitzy malls and towering apartment blocks.
Not exact matches
«China is building coal - fired
power stations but it's also closing many of the
older ones down, which is why its overall coal use is declining — the more significant point is it's
now building the clean energy equivalent of one coal - fired
power station every week, and will do for the next 15 years.»
As Morris takes over the reins of an
old power station, McCrory takes the reins, temporarily, of Tramway, a former tram depot that is
now one of Glasgow's largest contemporary visual and performing arts venues.
Taking in
old classics, including his
now iconic prints of Battersea
Power Station, the National Theatre and Tate Modern; commissions for high profile clients including the Southbank Centre, Royal Shakespeare Company and Transport for London; and new, more abstract architectural pieces, this show brings together some of Catherall's best - known artworks and displays his signature style and movement to mastery of the linocutting medium.
Back in 1999 when the former Bankside
power station was still a building site, its last galleries being painted and prepared for the opening displays, cappuccino machines put in the cafes and the Turbine Hall painted grey, Morris curated an exhibition at the
old Tate on Millbank (
now Tate Britain) by legendary American artist Chris Burden.