Pages  1 - 2 - 3 - 4 Xu Zhong Ou is a famous Chinese wood-cut artist. Since 1994 the "walnut" series has made his print language more prominent in the print field. The "walnut" series taking a most unnoticeable and common fruit as the motif has diverted the aesthetic attention from the traditional topics into a new dimension, which has freed the Chinese print art from the confinement of the range of subjects and demonstrated completely a language of the woodcut itself. The series start from the inspection into the subject of 'sex', which is presented by symbols in the work.  When the artist infuses in the work his understanding of the history, culture, events, personal experience and other living context, the view of the Chinese of regarding sex as private and ascetic in the past disappears gradually and is replaced by the development of a new concept and possibility. He once said "the tradition is the background for art creation but it is changing slowly, while as a living being under this background at this very moment in this very place. I am not the one that can be duplicated but full of uncertainty and possibility…". Nut series Sha Wood-cut print on Chinese paper 68x68cm   Wen Hen Wood-cut print on Chinese paper Wood-cut print on Chinese paper 68x68cm 68x68cm Shi Wood-cut print on Chinese paper 68x68cm   Zhi Bian Wood-cut print on Chinese paper Wood-cut print on Chinese paper 68x68cm 68x68cm Gen Qian Wood-cut print on Chinese paper Wood-cut print on Chinese paper 70x138cm 70x138cm Beng Gong Wood-cut print on Chinese paper Wood-cut print on Chinese paper 70x138cm 70x138cm Men Si Wood-cut print on Chinese paper Wood-cut print on Chinese paper 70x138cm 70x138 Pages  1 - 2 - 3 - 4