What attracts me is the screen effect of Deng Jianjin’s works but not the theme they express. For me, his theme is too “extreme”. I appreciate the material use like flowing water in his works, leaving a sense of freehand brushwork of ink painting (freehand brushwork is the freest and boldest way in ink painting). I notice that the figures in his works always have his own shadow. I think he might create a totally new and charming imaginative world for himself by his painting.

--------From Monica Dematte’sThe Paintings among Figures—“3rd Line” Art Group, 2005