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The land that time forgot: 1980s China

The Art Newspaper
25 May 2016
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Fast-changing Chongqing in southwest China gets a blast to the past in Hello, Hualongqiao, a recent exhibition of 1980s photography at the Chongqing Art Museum—the second in a series of three shows exploring the inland municipality’s heritage. The first section presents the industrial history of Chongqing, with around 400 photos of workers, formerly the majority of the city’s residents, which the museum collected from local factories including Chongqing Steel. The second section shows Hualongqiao today, with pictures taken by both Chinese and expat photographers.The curator Wang Yuanling tells us: “Hualong Bridge is a landmark of Chongqing and it used to be an industrial area but was torn down years ago, taking with it memories of the vicissitudes of old Chongqing and workers’ lifestyle” (its history and heritage has largely been forgotten as it has turned into a generic business district). The first exhibition of the series, Goodbye, Shibati held last September, depicted street life around Shibati area. The third section, with dates still pending, will focus on the landmark piers along the shores of the Yangtze that courses through Chongqing.

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