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Cao Ou (b. 1987)

Reconstructed Landscape

2015

Woodblock print

Image: 50 x 830 cm

Inscription: 50 x 72 cm

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This is the last in a series of landscapes inspired by the West Lake in Hangzhou. The flat, luminous forms are printed with water-soluble colours on rice paper. Cao Ou says he has always been attracted by the beauty of repetition and complex parallel patterns, choosing geometry as his linguistic symbol of expression. Other series by the artist, of landscapes, animals and fruits have a different language altogether-- intentionally witty and playful, but equally colourful and energizing.

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Muban Educational Trust registration number caoov003