Any kind of local art language is the regeneration of western modern art discourse and local discourse - not simply the addition result, but the fusion after integration. The achievements of the development of Chinese modern and contemporary art are first reflected in the rise of modern art education. If there is no academy established in the “art revolution” to promote and spread western painting in China, it is difficult to imagine what contemporary art looks like in China. Those 8 artists are exactly at this special position, which not only continues the spread of modern aesthetic education in academies, but also breaks through the process of exploring contemporary art in the local context.

In 2019, Soka Art will launch its first exhibition of the year, Sky Messenger, presenting 13 works of Wang Tingyu and also his first-revealed three-dimensional sculpture. Sky Messenger actually re-arranges all the images of the whole world. Ancient people used myths to form different constellations, and Wang Tingyu tries to adapt the mythology and then searches, stereotypes, typesets and paints on the canvas.