Art is a Message

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

Painting

Chinese Ink

Full Metal Art

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

An Imaginary Enemy

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

Photography

Accumulation of Silence

The concept of pointless accumulation is central to Ye Hongxing’s art.

Unbounded Redux

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

Indirect Conversations

Ziping Wang’s arresting paintings are punchy and overpowering yet subversive.

Hidden Meanings

A dazzle of beauty and many hidden meanings is how artist Zhao Na describes her paintings.

From Formless To Form

“On a weekend afternoon, I leave my studio to go out for a spin. Everyone seems to be in a hurry."

Accumulation of Silence

The concept of pointless accumulation is central to Ye Hongxing’s art.

Four Seasons

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

The World of Ren Zhitian

Ren Zhitian's varied artworks confirm he is very much the contemporary artist of today’s China.

Mysterious Wonder

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

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