Ink inspiration

The method of jimo (ink accumulation) has been an important technique of classic Chinese painting, developed by generations of ink painters through the centuries, including Gong Xian, Huang Binhong and Li Keran. Inheriting the accumulations of such master painters, Lai Zhigang has built a style of his own to reiterate the diversity and infiniteness of ink. In his work, Lai layers varying shades of ink to present the moisture of the atmosphere in valleys and near waters, rising smoke and floating clouds. He thereafter is able to deliver a sense of Taoism. Lai's solo show, Inherit and Innovation, is on at Guangdong Museum of Art through July 19.

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