□ Awkwardness

Writing is a misstep for me. Art depends on senses, while writing is controlled by brain. What you see, hear or taste can not be fully expressed in words. As a man who paints pictures, I would prefer to share my views through pictures. ......（More）

□ Artisanship and Literati Complex

Cyan, a simple but elegant color, perhaps best represents the current artistic state and cultural ideal of artist Xia Yu. Graduated from China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CCAFA) as an oil painting major, Xia Yu is nonetheless very interested in Chinese literati paintings before Yuan dynasty. In his view, cyan is the color that most appropriately represents Chinese literati traditions. However, by now, almost all of these traditions have disappeared. Therefore, Xia Yu sometimes defines himself as a “wordy ......（More）