Ye Jinglv, a businessman, collector and Christian who lived in Fuzhou city in east China's Fujian province, was born in 1881. He died in 1968. For 62 of his 88 years, he sat for an annual portrait, creating a unique personal chronicle, that made him something of a legendary figure among contemporary art critics.
This is a series of portraits of Ye Jinglv taken every year from 1907 to 1968.
Between 1907 and 1968,Ye Jinglv compiled a chronicle of his personal Odyssey from the time of the Qing Dynasty through the Republican Period and extending well into the People's Republic of China.
We have not found anyone in history who has shown such dedication and persistence to relating the story of a lifetime in this manner. We feel that Ye Jinglv in many ways was a man before his time, expressing through his determined efforts the spirit of contemporary performance art.
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