Artist Li Hongbo’s paper statue Roman Youth, part of his signature Tools of Studyseries, is on show at the Today Art Museum in Beijing on July 25, 2020. [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]

"Indeed, we cannot detach ourselves from our tradition and history, but what attitude we should adopt toward them matters more in contemporary art creations," commented Wang Chunchen, adding "Paper is already a globalized material, so Chinese artists may as well think about integrating it with other media for greater creations."