Yang's works a layered take on ink art

In 1989, Yang Jiecang was one of the three artists representing China at Paris' Pompidou's contemporary art show, Magician of the Earth. He presented his One Hundred Layers of Ink Series, which was different from what people traditionally understood about Chinese ink.

Now, the artist is showing his early works from between 1985 and 1999 at Beijing's Ink Studio.

Entitled Earth Root, Yang's solo show features 37 pieces.