A New Chapter in Contemporary Landscape: At the Starting Point of Accelerating Value
This article traces the development of Western landscape painting, showing how “mountains and waters” have evolved from mere depictions of nature into contemporary visual language that carries identity, memory, and emotion. It focuses on four post-1990s artists—Michael Ho, Francesco Cima, Jake Grewal, and Su Yu-Xin—highlighting how they reinterpret the landscape tradition through diverse cultural backgrounds and creative methods, revealing new possibilities for contemporary landscape in both art history and the collecting context.