In early 1980s, He Duoling made his first image in contemporary art history, The Awaken Spring Breeze, which is considered as one of the representatives of Scar Art. He has a chance to be a representative artist in creating national or collective images; however, he makes them poles apart between his explanation to his style and the evaluation of the art field, stressing that this painting is emotional and poetic as well as mysterious and unknowable.  

With his art poetic, elegant, sentimental and full of aestheticism, what He pursues is freedom and random in painting. 

This exhibition presents He Duoling’s masterpieces in the past two decades, most of which haven’t been shown to the public. We can see clearly He Duoling’s internal world through these artworks. The past two decades also see his obvious changes of styles in every period, examples with The Awaken Spring Breeze, Life, Walking towards the Tree, Boy in Winter, Horse in Red Weather, Crow and Woman, Back Windows (series of works), The Child Stolen, The Lost Palace (series of works), Courtyard Programs (series of works), Xiaowen, Kaiwen, Snow Goose (picture – story book) and House with Attic. There are different themes and explorations in his changing period; what remain unchanged are the contemporary mystery and vein of melancholy. Therefore, He Duoling’s style will always be the one especially of him.  

Exhibition of He Duoling’s Oil Paintings, National Art Museum of China