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Incident II, oil painting by Li Baoxun. Provided to China Daily

According to the curator Wang Lin, advanced technology also influences the young Chinese artists' development.

Xiao Daniu likes surfing online for inspiration. An oil painting department graduate of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, he says the Internet informs but does not form his art.

Typically, he finds a picture online, reinterprets it and displays his re-imagination.

"Finding my art style is like a mind game, unconscious but evolving," the 30-year-old says. "It's a slow process. Sometimes solitude and inner struggle help promote it."

Other artists featured in the show are Li Baoxun, Li Xiaoqi and Zhang Wenrong.

Wang Lin says he hopes to keep the exhibition going by inviting other young Chinese artists to join in.

"I hope the exhibition shows the context of how an artist works, rather than simply looking and saying. Sometimes the most personal and greatest part of an artwork cannot be told through words," he says.