Huang Zhiyang began his Possessing Numerous Peaks series after moving to Beijing in 2006, inspired by the towering mountains that surround the city. He sees these mountains as dragons, the undulating grooves in the sculptures embodying the flow of their qi, or energy, running through and around their bodies. Huang’s interest in the flow of qi is also central to the artist’s ink painting practice.

© Huang Zhiyang, photo: Maurice Aeschimann, Geneva