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Storm on the Embankment
Chen Jinrong Chinese
Not on view
In this dramatic composition Chen Jinrong depicts a tempest above the construction site of a dam. Glistening water, barely held back by a monumental embankment, dramatizes the uncertainty of whether the forces of nature can be contained by advances in human technology.
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