Advice through art

Garnering acclaim since it was shown in Beijing in July, For So Long, and Colorful, an exhibition dedicated to the work of prolific artist Huang Yongyu (1924-2023), created in the last decade of his life, is touring Changsha, Hunan province, where the late painter, writer and designer grew up.

The show at Hunan Art Museum was curated in his last will. "It will show 100 paintings, to celebrate the 100 years I have lived," he once said. It has been his last sharing with the public of his passion in art, his interest in all types of life — flowers, plants and small animals — and his ambition of creating on paper an artwork of several meters. His works are also his last advice to people, to observe, with shrewd eyes, to read and think, and then to express, clearly and meanwhile with restraint. The exhibition runs until Nov 24.

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