Set against a cityscape, two figures are exchanging a key for a bag of coins. Our first impression is not positive. Each artwork is a story. So what’s the deal with The Deal? The premise seems simple, but is it?

The rare jueban woodblock printing technique developed in China’s remote Yunnan province has been dubbed the “suicide” technique because it leaves no room for error.

Gao Xiang’s art is felt. But it is also read, peeling back the cultural layers like chapters in a book.

“These paintings are footprints of my travels to temples with Buddhist sculptures and murals. From childhood, I have seen and internalised many Buddhist images ... This is my expression of these impressions.” - Chen Li

“I feel like I’m creating a mosaic from these small paintings. It is an interesting journey, bringing it to life. Each piece is independent and yet an integral part of the whole. I feel an excitement, a happy feeling throughout the process. Let’s be directed by this motto: Let’s create something great - and even better.” - Levan Lagidze

“Artists past and present from around the world, they leave their spirit in their paintings. I am very much moved by them.” - Chen Li

Once in a generation, there comes an artist who shakes things up. Chen Li is one such artist and he does this without recourse to new materials, for he breathes new life into an existing medium. 

The odd composition of several still lifes by Chen Li wasn't like any still life I had seen before.

We've all been there - it's that split second difference between the world as we know it and everything standing on its head. In his new series of works, Wu Jun (Chinese, b.1959), interrogates the relationship between change and state of mind.

Chen Li (Chinese, b.1971) is a Yunnan-based painter who has created an interesting juxtaposition between peace of mind and today's fast-paced, image-laden existence.

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Chinese Landscape painting evolved into an independent genre in the late Tang Dynasty as an outlet for scholar-artists who sought in nature wisdom and an escape from their daily routine and official responsibilities. Centuries later ...