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Dong Jiansheng (b. 1936)

The World Inside the Mountain

1998

Woodblock print

62 x 79 cm

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Dong Jiansheng originally taught himself printmaking. Because of a casual remark, he got caught up in the Anti-Rightist Movement of 1957 and was sent to do hard agricultural labour for twenty-two years. During the Cultural Revolution, his only permitted art practice was creating propaganda posters. Rehabilitated when aged 45, Dong finally began formal study at CAFA. He works in black and white using a single block, cutting dramatic images of the architecture and mountain scenery of Taihang Mountain in Hebei.

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Muban Educational Trust registration number donjs004