Qiu Shihua: Neiguan

With this new presentation, Qiu Shihua continues his steadfast exploration of the landscape genre. Through a panorama of works, the artist engages the viewer in a sustained exercise in seeing. Defying immediate readability, Qiu Shihua’s art reserves a plethora of visual surprises for the patient eye and requires the onlooker to adjust their gaze continuously, thus allowing the painting to emerge in time. While nature and landscapes are a constant in Qiu Shihua’s work, his art starting from the 1980s is deeply influenced by Taoist philosophy. This presentation therefore invites the visitor to delve into the artist’s unique pictorial world and above all, to experience first-hand its introspective nature that some have described as “soul landscapes.”