Yang Jiechang's installation piece "Underground Flowers" Photo Credit- https://www.artsy.net/artist/yang-jiechang-yang-jie-cang Yang Jiechang was born in 1956 Guangdong Providence China, studied at the Guangzhou Acadamy of Fine Art ,and currently lives in Heidelberg Germany. Jechang uses his technical painting skill and understanding of traditional Chinese aesthetics and makes these traditions visible on contemporary forms and contexts. His work questions social and political issues and is part decorative and part archeological display. The piece entitled Underground flowers is a consideration of the passage of time and a cruel political regime. Each bone in this exhibit was meticulously cataloged and up for sale, one bone per person, pointing out how people often become pawns during times of political regime. Perhaps the conceptual accuracy of this piece relates to the artist’s experience of leaving China after the cold war at age 33.
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