Yu Nancheng

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About the artwork

'Step up and Grasp the Bird's tail' is one of the 108 positions in Taoist Tai Chi, rendered here by the palette knife of oil virtuoso Yu Nancheng. Departing from his conventional black and red contrasts, the artist moves to a different spectrum of colour with symbolic red for the China scene his figures are placed in, and blue that traditionally represents healing, relaxation, exploration, trust, calmness and immortality- facets also closely related to Tai Chi itself.

About the artist

Yu Nancheng, born in 1956 in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, has made significant contributions to the art world over his 40+ year career. Currently based in Shanghai, his works have been exhibited extensively across China and internationally, with collections in the U.S., Germany, Switzerland, France, England, Japan, and various Middle Eastern countries. Yu's innovative use of palette knife application to create layered textures has transformed Chinese oil painting, blending traditional Chinese and Western techniques to define his distinctive style.