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Colorful wind

Having grown up in Changchun, Jilin province, oil artist Wang Jianguo centers his work around the distinctive landscapes and social life of northeastern China. His semi-figurative and semiabstract style transmits feelings of nostalgia, peace and poetry. An ongoing solo exhibition at the Yunnan Art Museum, Soft Wind on the Earth, brings dozens of Wang's oils to Kunming, in which he introduces people in the southwest to the changing views of the northeast through the four seasons, including expanses of farmland stretching for miles, villagers at work, and the snowcapped peaks of Changbai Mountain. Wang has a particular focus on Changchun, the city of his childhood memories, as well as the many industrial sites that are no longer in use, reminding visitors of the region's history. Zhang Lujiang, an oil painter and a close friend, says behind every shade and stroke lies a deep attachment to Wang's hometown, which nurtures Wang's life and art, as well as his hope of doing justice to the region by making its beauty known to more people. The exhibition ends on Jan 7.