Yao Peng 姚朋, Nothing Better - Zhang Rui (2015)

Once affixed to a folding-fan frame, this painting is now mounted flat as an album leaf. The painting, which Lü Yao did in ink and light colors on gold-flecked paper, represents tw...

In Tour Group, figures stare out of the painting as if posing for a photograph. Surrounding them are the elements of a classical garden, including lotus ponds, scholars’ pavilions,...

Rugged strokes of deep black ink define a fleeting glimpse through stalactites into a cave paradise, a scholar’s retreat hidden fast in the mountains. The expressive brushwork call...