Miao XiaoChun | The Last Judgement in Cyberspace –The Rear View

Courtesy of Mr Richard Koh

In this striking large-format print, Miao Xiao Chun digitally reimagines Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo’s The Last Judgment by reconstructing the entire scene in 3D virtual space. However, this image from the rear view is a complete re-creation based on the artist’s imagination, as if we could walk behind Michelangelo's mural and look at it through the wall. From this perspective, the secondary situated on the edges of the picture plane assume greater significance. The work confronts the viewer with themes of technological transformation, self-replication, and the reinterpretation of art historical canons in the digital age.

Miao Xiao Chun (b. 1964, Wuxi, China) is a pioneering figure in Chinese new media art. He graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing in 1989 and from Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany in 1999. Since the 1990s, he has explored the relationship between classical art and emerging technologies, gaining recognition for his large-scale digital works beginning in 2005. His work bridges historical imagery and futuristic imagination, offering new readings of art history in the digital age. Miao has presented works at major platforms such as Shanghai Art Biennale (2002), 7^th Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (2012), the Chinese Pavilion at the 55^th Venice Biennale (2013), B3 Biennial of the Moving Image (Frankfurt, 2017), Anren Biennale (2019). He has shown at institutions including the International Centre of Photography (New York), Victoria and Albert Museum (London), and Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin).