<Beijing International Hotel>

Cui Jie’s paintings are inspired by architectural elements observed in the megacities she has long explored: Shanghai, Beijing, and Hangzhou. Using a smooth brush, she applies the paint in layers, giving the buildings a lacquered texture. Caught between construction and demolition, the artist retraces how rapid urban transformations have shaped the worldview of her generation, born in the 1980s. The sculptures and buildings embedded within this composite composition seem to float against a bi-chromatic background, reinforcing the partly imaginary nature of the landscape.