This exhibition shows the artistic development of MA Desheng spanning 35 years. Based in Paris since 1986, Desheng was born in Beijing in 1952, and is a self-educated artist . He is a founding member of the “Stars,” a group of some twenty artists that formed in 1979 to encourage creative liberty in China. Back then Desheng’s works were black and white woodblock prints, but from 1982 on, he started an exploration into traditional Chinese ink wash paintings using nudes and abstract landscapes as subjects. A car accident in 1992 forced Desheng to change his medium to acrylic paints, and he found a reawakening in the new subject of stones, which come to life upon the canvass and serve as a source of peace to the artist. Visitors are invited to view and feel the power of Desheng’s expressive works created over 35 years.