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YANG Jiechang (楊詰蒼, b. 1956)

The art of YANG Jiechang (b. 1956) explores issues of cultural identity and regional disparities. Aesthetically grounded in the calligraphy and ink painting tradition, Yang takes the strength of local cultural systems as his core focus. YANG’s seven-metre-long painting Dark Horizon (2008) shows a number of speech-bubbles emerging from a world of dark clouds, the only phrase they contain is "Oh My God". As Yang explains: "This is the mantra of the 21st century... As I watched the 9/11 incident unfolding on TV, I saw buildings collapsing and a young man with a soiled face rushing out of the ash wave shouting ‘Oh My God’; in that moment, I felt like my head opening up to an abyss.”