Zhang Kechun’s art examines the human place in the natural world. In the Between Mountains and Water series, the artist explained he “paid attention to the destruction of the natural landscape” while also seeking “undestroyed natural” icons. In Zhangjiajie (literally translated as “Zhang family home”), the artist found evidence of nature’s survival and human-caused transformation. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, the subject of this diptych, is part of a large area recognized in 1992 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The combined effects of ice and plant life that cause ongoing erosion produced the park’s distinctive pillarlike formations. Tourism to the site now further alters the natural landscape. Visible in the right panel is the world’s highest outdoor elevator, named bailong (hundred dragons), which measures 1,070 feet (326 meters).