”He’s playing on the idea of the deceptive nature of what can be seen on the surface.”
Curator Shi-yee Liu on Poet strolling by a marshy bank, an early thirteenth-century painting by Liang Kai.
Metaphorical
Shi-yee Liu
2 min. watch
Contributors
Shi-yee Liu
Assistant Research Curator of Chinese Art, Department of Asian Art
Assistant Research Curator of Chinese Art, Department of Asian Art
Photography by Katherine Dahab
Art Mentioned
Liang Kai
early 13th century
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