YANNIE YIYANG GU
Dancers, 2026
Gouache, oil pastel, color pencil on wood
25.4 × 20.3 cm
$ 800
With the curved, dynamic movements of lines and forms, this painting portrays a group of Chinese senior immigrant dancers from the Chinatown community in Manhattan, New York.With an average age of 80, these senior dancers attend rehearsals every week and regularly
participate in competitions, festivals and performances. This piece intends to celebrate the persistence, the beauty and the love of life that these seniors embody, as a group that is often being overlooked and marginalized in this city.
With the curved, dynamic movements of lines and forms, this painting portrays a group of Chinese senior immigrant dancers from the Chinatown community in Manhattan, New York.With an average age of 80, these senior dancers attend rehearsals every week and regularly participate in competitions, festivals and performances. This piece intends to celebrate the persistence, the beauty and the love of life that these seniors embody, as a group that is often being overlooked and marginalized in this city.

