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1st Edition
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- Artists
- Mullen, Chase
 - Edition Details
| Year: | 2018 | | Class: | Original Art | | Status: | Official | | Released: | 09/27/18 | | Technique: | Original Mixed Media | | Paper: | Wood panel | | Size: | 16 X 20 | | Markings: | Signed |
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- Antler Gallery presents "Unnatural Histories VII"
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Acrylic on wood panel
"It's a crisp evening in Urumqi, a city in the Xinjiang province of China, and the streets are filled with music and colorful ribbons. Marigolds and lotus root are scattered in baskets across doorsteps and granite alters throughout town. Children wear painted masks and call upon their parents to join them in street, to follow the masses to the city limits and the valley of Nanshan.
Once a year locals gather to celebrate Jiérì Ye Ren, a local festival surrounding the legend of China’s “wild manâ€. For centuries, Ye Ren has been perceived as ancient wisdom and guardian of the valley, often thought to be sacred. Offerings are brought to shrines near caves and mountain valleys to ensure healthy crops and prosperity for the year. During this time, long-tailed Macaques comes from mountains and high forest to plunder from the piles of fruit and sweets. Their calls can be heard all throughout the night of the festival, until the moon reaches its highest point in the sky, a silence sweeps across them all at once."
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