‘I am in despair at the rate of urbanisation in China – it’s like witnessing someone dying’I used to paint traditional landscapes,but I felt the Chinese style had reached an apex – there was no way to progress. I wanted to find a new medium, a more modern one that could still capture the spirit of landscape portray. Digital photography seemed to be the respond.
In China, or landscape portray is less about describing the real physical world,and more about illustrating a mental state, a spirit – expressing your feelings in each ink stroke. Artists down the generations tend to paint the same landscape in different ways, and according to what’s in their inner intellect. In many ways,this is the opposite to western art. Chinese artists may present multiple perspectives in a single piece. It’s about seeing and showing objects beyond how they are.
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Source: theguardian.com