There is a romantic rhythm in YU Peng’s work, comprised of hasty, wild brushstrokes, layers of refined ink lines and a rich grayscale of wash. Such a spontaneous, free-flowing painting method makes his pictures look bustling and full of life. Among the several highlights of this artwork are the men, women and children in the foreground. Some are from the past, some present, and they all mingle in this one space. Sophistication and naivety, worldly desires and ethereality, and civilization and wilderness, intriguingly strung together, can make viewers’ imagination run wild.