这是一件以艺术唤醒情感并敦促人类付诸行动的作品。高耸垂直的钢管错落“生长”在水杉之间，黑色冰冷的工业材质与周边鲜活温暖充满生命力的草木形成鲜明对比，作为一种警示和随着人类文明扩张导致自然生灵即将消逝的幻象，唤起人们对滇池治理的生态保护意识；水平蔓延的镜面“之”字桥映射着昆明天空独有的纯净灿烂的蓝，穿梭于伫立的钢管所构建的维度之中，这是所有昆明人记忆之中最深刻动人的颜色，也是一头满载着乡愁一头通向美好未来的故乡之路。通过这件作品，艺术家希望自己的故乡昆明真正能成为一片充满人情的风土和绿色明净的家园。

This is an artwork that uses art to stir human emotions and call for action. The steel pillars towering overhead appear to “grow” among the sequoias, their cold, black, industrial feel forming a stark contrast to the living vegetation around them. A vision of the disappearance of natural life under the onslaught of human civilization, they summon awareness of the need to preserve the environment of Lake Dian. The mirrored, “zig-zag” bridge reflects the unique brilliant blue of the Kunming sky as it snakes between the towering steel pillars. This color forms the deepest memories for people in Kunming. This is a path laden with nostalgia, leading to a beautiful future. Through this artwork, the artist hopes his hometown of Kunming can be truly transformed into a clean, green homeland for all

自九十年代始，张晓刚运用冷峻内敛及白日梦般的艺术风格传达出具有时代特征的集体心理记忆与情绪。这种对社会、集体、个人以及家庭、血缘的悖谬式的呈现和模拟是一种从艺术、情感以及人生的角度出发的再演绎，具有强烈的当代意义，是当代艺术所蕴世故的中国情境的最佳体现。其作品曾参加包括威尼斯双年展、圣保罗双年展、光州双年展、澳洲亚太三年展、上海双年展等一系列国内外的重要群展，并在全球多个美术馆及重要机构举办个展。

Since the 1990s, Zhang Xiaogang has employed a cold, reserved, daydream-like artistic style to convey collective memories and sentiments marked by the times. This paradoxical expression and simulation of society, the collective, the individual, family, and kinship is a powerful contemporary rehashing from the perspectives of art, emotions, and life, the contemporary embodiment of the Chinese predicament. His works have been featured in such major Chinese and international exhibitions as the Bienal de São Paulo, the Gwangju Biennale, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, and the Shanghai Biennale, and he has held solo exhibitions at museums and important institutions around the world.