It’s not easy being green

Natural waterscapes are a frequent subject of traditional Chinese ink art, but for Gu Wenda they serve as material as well. Last month, Gu gathered around 1,500 schoolchildren to the Shenzhen Conference and Exhibition Center, where they painted 1,500 meters of rice paper using green algae as part of the performance project A Story of Qinglu Shanshui. I believe this is a historical break for Chinese painting, using the ecological pigment, says the New York and Shanghai-based artist. The resultin