Wang Huaiqing has perhaps become best known for his ongoing series of paintings of classic Chinese architecture and furniture. As representative of this series as any, the painting “Unassembled” illustrates a Ming chair from a different point of view, as if it had been exploded so that the viewer could see all of its pieces. Wang Huaiqing says that normally he uses blacks and whites like the colors in traditional Chinese brush paintings, but in this particular piece he has added small squares of red and green for contrast and to draw the viewer’s eye.
