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universalbeauty:

Hand painted illustrations of 56 ethnic groups from China.

The artist Chen Shu Fen (陈淑芬) is best known for her paintings of beautiful women and handsome men. She has worked on a project in which she painted 56 Chinese ethnic groups from China. Each staying true to their original ethnic clothing.

Check more out here.

*drool* Chinese ethnic minorities are amazing. I wish our East Asian Studies department was large enough to teach classes on them instead of just the traditional Han narrativesand maybe if they weren’t mostly funded by the Chinese government they’d be more inclined to do so.

Oh wow. This is beautiful! And something that should be shared around - I didn’t even know that there were that many ethnic minorities in China (I mean, when I thought about it, it didn’t surprise me, as large as the country is). Most westerners only recognise Cantonese and Mandarin styles. A lot of these looked Russian, Mongolian, South East Asian, South Central Asian, North East Asian, but with a flair distinctly Chinese to them. So beautiful.

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wearesavant:

Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto’s exhibit at the Faena Arts Center in Buenos Aires.

OMFG

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