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Yang Keyang (1914-2010)

City Life

1988

Woodblock print

46 x 43 cm

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In the 1980s, Yang Keyang used geometry and colour to illustrate the changing face of urban China. Unlike No. 60, which shows new constructions and racing traffic, this print shows a traditional sight: clothes drying on poles outside people’s apartment windows. The mosaic of colour is new here: until the mid-1970s, people’s clothes were uniformly drab. After the Cultural Revolution, colours and style choices re-appeared, bringing interest and liveliness even to such a mundane subject as drying laundry.

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