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Beijing's X Museum takes visitors on a roller coaster ride

Updated: 2024-03-25 12:15 ( chinadaily.com.cn )

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An untitled painting by artist Alexander Basil [Photo courtesy of the artist and X Museum]

What intrigues Chinese audience is that the subject seems to possess the super power of 72 bian (72 transformations) that Monkey King in the novel Journey to the West, has. His face humorously appears in the tip of a burnt match, in a lighter's dancing flame, or in a moth flying towards a bright light bulb which is also made of his face; his body can be as fluid as spilled wine from a glass or a puddle of water on the stove bench spilling from a boiling pot. Whatever form the figure assumes, he never loses his skeptical, defensive stare, like a gesture of defiance against the viewer's gaze or examination.