Yao Lu has created a thoughtful and timely series inspired by traditional Chinese paintings entitled New Landscapes in which mounds of garbage covered in green protective nets are assembled and reworked by computer to create images of rural mountain landscapes shrouded in the mist. New Landscapes will be on view until December 12 at Bruce Silverstein Gallery, 535 West 24th Street, New York City.

Early Spring on Lake Dong Ting, 2008. © Yao Lu/Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City

Birds and Snow in the Cold Dusk, 2008. © Yao Lu/Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City

View of Autumn Mountains in the Distance, 2008. © Yao Lu/Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City

River Village Covered with Snow, 2007. © Yao Lu/Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City

Viewing the Waterfall from the Pine Rocks, 2007. © Yao Lu/Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City

Autumn Mist in the Mountain with Winding Streams, 2007. © Yao Lu/Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City

Overlapping Waves and Lush Trees, 2007. © Yao Lu/Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City

Clear Cliff Shrouded in Floating Clouds, 2007

Dwelling in the Mount Fuchun, 2008. © Yao Lu/Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City

Fishing Boats Berthed by the Mount Yu, 2008. © Yao Lu/Courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City