Quest for calm

Cui Xiuwen focuses on different phases of life in a solo exhibition in Beijing, Lin Qi reports.

Cui Xiuwen was playing hopscotch as a child in one of her dreams. She also saw the many phases of her life - evolving from a newborn to a little girl and then an artist.

That dream is the inspiration behind Cui's ongoing exhibition, Light, at Peking University's Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology. She has created several installations that take viewers on a journey through life, similar to how one progresses while playing a children's game.