#Life on the Plateau
Wandering Chants, 2021, Oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm
The Big Carp of the Yellow River, 2023, Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm
Sweet Dates, 2023, Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm
A Funky Rock from the Yellow River, 2023, Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm
A Big River, 2023, Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm
Echoes of the Ninth Heaven, 2023, Oil on canvas, 150 x 110 cm
Dance by the Yellow River, 2021, Oil on canvas, 150 x 110 cm
The Green Moon, 2019, Oil on canvas, 100 x 160 cm
A plateau of deep earth and crisscrossing ravines, a folk culture immense and profound, villagers simple yet unyielding, and a climate that commands sheer awe—this is my plateau, my sacred earth.
Yu Lai
Drumming Frenzy, 2022, Oil on canvas, 220 x 180 cm
Drumming in the Clouds, 2021, Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
I Wanna Fly Riding a Donkey, 2023, Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm
A Tale on the Plateau, 2023, Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm
Two Sculptures, 2019, Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
The Height of the Clouds, 2019, Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
Three Suns, 2019, Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm
Silent Exchange, 2021, Oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm
A full cycle of twelve years has turned. I am powerless to reshape your stature, your grit, or your soul—for you are simply too… I only wish to dedicate my entire life, within the finite boundaries of my canvas, to sublimating your eternal essence.
Yu Lai
Under the Shade, 2019, Oil on canvas, 150 x 220 cm
Carved Hitching Posts, 2023, Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm
Bother and Sister, 2019, Oil on canvas, 150 x 220 cm
Afternoon Nap, 2019, Oil on canvas, 150 x 220 cm