Chinese painter comes from Auckland to exhibit at home

New Zealand-based Chinese painter Mu Xun recently held an exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature, showcasing dozens of his oil paintings from the past decade.

The exhibition includes three sections, the first of which covers his memories of water towns near Shanghai, where he worked for 17 years as a Peking Opera stage designer.

The lines of the houses and bridges in the paintings are distorted in a way that show the tender nostalgia that Mu feels for the places.