In summary, this body of work represents both a creative inheritance of the brush and ink traditions of literati painting and an expansion of the linguistic boundaries of contemporary literati painting. It demonstrates that literati painting need not be confined to the established paradigm of "classical elegance"; by upholding the foundational principles of "literati spirit" and "brush and ink", it can still engage with contemporary aesthetics in an open-minded manner, providing a replicable path for the contemporary development of this traditional art form.

Text by Liang Shuhan, Ph.D in Art History