New art center's inaugural show a salute to Chinese expressionism

A painting by Yin Chaoyang.

A highly expressive manner has been essential to the Chinese art tradition of which great artists in history always looked to present such a style to express their true identity and views on the world affairs.

These days, the principle is still at the heart of artists' work, no matter they work with the style of Chinese painting or oil paintings, or other forms of fine arts.

A painting by Tan Ping on show.

Expression of China, an exhibition to open the Lidu International Art Center in Beijing, teams up six artists of repute who have, in their career spanning decades, created distinctive approach to reinterpret the expressionist spirit.

Some of them are focusing to expand the presentation of the semiabstract style of Chinese painting, some have given Chinese landscape painting a new look by reinforcing its spirituality with highly saturated colors, and others seek to accentuate the poetic atmosphere of ink art.

The exhibition runs until March 1.

Quietude and Heavenly Utterance, by Ma Lu.

Works by Su Xinping on show. 

A painting by Xu Jiang.

White Stones, by Zhang Fangbai.