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        "tombstone": "Ruin Series: 1997 No. 2 Beijing, 1997. Rong Rong (Chinese, b. 1968). Gelatin silver print; image: 61 x 77.5 cm (24 x 30 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased with funds from an anonymous donor and Dudley P. Allen Fund, 2018.35. \u00a9 Rong Rong",
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        "title": "1997 No. 2 Beijing",
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                    "title": "Refocusing Photography: China at the Millenium",
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        "description": "In this and other images from his <em>Ruin Series</em>, Rong Rong laments the razing of Beijing\u2019s traditional homes and old neighborhoods as part of the city\u2019s widespread redevelopment in the 1990s. Residential neighborhoods were replaced by shining glass office towers that reflected the nation\u2019s sudden drive toward modernization and commercialization. In the center of the rubble stands a wall with a relief showing two dragons. Symbols of power, strength, control over natural disaster, and good luck\u2014the dragons symbolize China itself. If the piles of rubble represent collapse, does the dragon wall offer hope for survival? Or will it just be the next wall to be flattened?",
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