Journey into the Clouds

Psychedelic colours, absurd settings, lunar landscapes; paintings overflowing with imagination.

Painting

Chinese Ink

An Imaginary Enemy

As a child, Yibai Liao grew up in a top-secret missile factory in the Chinese countryside.

Full Metal Art

The son of a cruise missile engineer, Liao Yibai grew up surrounded by Cultural Revolution propaganda.

Photography

Mysterious Wonder

Zheng Zhiming travelled to Tibet every year and lived among the people during his visits.

Psychedelic City Maps

Lu Xinjian was fascinated by the patterns revealed by Google Earth views of cities around the world.

Four Seasons

“I think little in my brain but more relate to the colour,” Qu Fengguo tells me.

Mr Shikumen

Li Shoubai was brought up in Shanghai and at the age of six started to learn paper cutting.

Unbounded Redux

You Si portrays mental comprehension through subtle mediation between shape, form and shade.

Introducing Lu Yang

Wickedly irreverent, Lu Yang’s punchy practice gives everything a cutesy, if gaudy, makeover.

Art is a Message

Zhou Jinhua’s art fuses incompatible views of aerial photography and traditional Chinese painting.

Journey into the Clouds

Psychedelic colours, absurd settings, lunar landscapes; paintings overflowing with imagination.

Full Metal Art

The son of a cruise missile engineer, Liao Yibai grew up surrounded by Cultural Revolution propaganda.

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