Artists create images from earth, energy

Off-limits to the public for months due to COVID-19, the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing reopened on Saturday with two exhibitions.

An installation titled Chinese Xieyi No. 44: Connoisseurs, a major piece by sculptor Lyu Pinchang, greets visitors upon their arrival at the museum. In it, four bald men, all life-sized cast bronze sculptures, squat around a pile of shattered ancient ceramics that sprawl for meters, as if they were bent on detecting the valuable ones.

Lyu and his CAFA colleague, Ma Lu, are holding their exhibitions under the title CAFA Annual Fine Arts Nomination Exhibition 2020.