Ink artist's show builds a dialog between past and present, humankind and universe

Tai Xiangzhou, the artist who mainly works with ink and paper, has held solo exhibitions at museums at home and abroad. But Cosmoscapes: Ink Paintings by Tai Xiangzhou, an ongoing show at the Nanchizi Museum in Beijing, is a special one for him.

His paintings on show until Aug 31 are placed in an elegant, scholarly environment built in the style resembling a classical Chinese garden and residence compound in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. 

Tai's paintings present an influence by the art and philosophy of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), well resonating with the refined design and an intellectual touch of the garden museum, fashioned in the Suzhou style that can also be traced to the Song era.