ILLUSTRATED:

Inner Vision Human Condition - Chihung Yang Solo Exhibition, National Art Museum of China Beijing, Asia Art Center, 2007, color illustrated, pp. 156-157

"Ode to Joy", is symphony in paint. The music starts in an atmosphere of stillness, and then, as if a black curtain is pulled back, a brisk white rhythm breaks into a prelude. Lively and joyful tones reflect the notes and phrases and gradually become thematic points accompanied with rippling harmonies. Musical notes illusionally turn into white fairies, flicking, hopping, or flowing on the canvas. The dynamic and abstract style of the painting breaks the dark heaviness with its unconstrained dynamic textures, opening a lively atmosphere from solitude, and which is also infused with notes of hope and happiness. Stainless and pure white color transiently freezes lonesomeness and melts coldness. Different from ordinary colorful tone, this tune of joy gently reveals the dawn of happiness and hope against a background of silence, emptiness, and loneliness. All are as pure, natural and beautiful as the announcement of joy by angels in the darkest night.