"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," a painting by Liang Kai.
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How Liang Kai paints with metaphor
"He’s playing on the idea of the deceptive nature of what can be seen on the surface."
Shi-yee Liu
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Shi-yee Liu
Assistant Research Curator of Chinese Art, Department of Asian Art
Assistant Research Curator of Chinese Art, Department of Asian Art
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Liang Kai
early 13th century