Bian Qing, artist [Photo provided to China Daily]

"I've always wanted to show this concept in contemporary art."

The exhibition's other series, Anthology of Visible Mountains, appears to complement his earlier series. Bian compares the display to the balance between yin and yang in Chinese philosophy.

The Visible Mountains series is composed of two sets of paintings.

Bian splashed vivid colors on some works. After the pigments dried, he tore them off and put the colorful stripes on new canvases to make a different set of paintings.

The Visible Mountains highlights the texture of the materials an artist works with. So does Hidden Mountains. But the series use different styles.

"When I start to paint, I usually don't plan when to end a piece. The paintings are completed spontaneously," he says.

"It feels very much like the healing process in traditional Chinese medicine. You know it is done when you see all the elements in harmony."

If you go

10 am-6 pm, through Sept 24. Asia Art Center, 798 art zone, 2 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang district, Beijing. 010-5978-9709.