USA 《ART news》June 2007
The Article Title：“In Your Face”
Page：110
Author：Pernilla Holmes

Yang Shaobin, once a Cynical Realist himself, spent much of 2006 producing“800 meters,”a series of paintings featuring miners from his hometown, covered in dirt, often smiling despite the hardship of their jobs. The series underscores the humanity of these often forgotten workers, whose faces are portrayed as strikingly individual. The series is part of his Long March Project, which tracks Chinese history and culture development. Yang Shaobin ,whose work can be seen at the Long March Space in Beijing, has written, “In my paintings I aim to convey a sense of disquiet, that hidden agenda which it is often hard to put a finger upon, but which is really responsible for the horrors the modern world is facing.