Paradise on Earth · Kunming
March – April 2026
- Material
- Ink on raw xuan paper
- Dimensions
- 50 × 50 cm · 20 × 20 in
- Location
- Kunming, Yunnan
Human World · 5 of 5
Picture Story
Ink on raw xuan paper, 50 × 50 cm, created in Kunming, April 2026.
The predicament of the individual before grand human trends — a body curled in a rock crevice, both existential anxiety and the crisis of all humanity.
Project Story
March 15 to mid-April 2026. This series was created by the artist upon returning to Kunming after a self-healing journey through Laos and Thailand, resonating with other scrolls of Paradise on Earth made during his travels.
The loss of his parents was still fresh, the grief raw; simultaneously, crises in the external world were unfolding in succession — from the lingering trauma of the pandemic to continuous conflicts between the US and Iran, the flames of Gaza, and the Russia–Ukraine war — humanity's fate hangs in the balance.
Self-made charcoal · traditional mineral pigments · raw xuan paper