Introduction:
The above exhibition brings together abstract paintings by 19 Chinese artists. In the accompanying essay, Li Xianting elaborates on the idea of maximalism - the complexity of cumulative simplicity - in contemporary Chinese art. Artist biographies, and introduction of the artists or their works are provided.
Curator's Notes on Prayer Beads and Brush Strokes — therapeutic, self-cultivating art, the complexity of cumulative simplicity, or maximalism - LI Xianting