"Earthly Liveliness" April 19, 2023 For a long time now, people have always asked me about my next project or my most challenging one. I’ve always said, casinos, I want to paint in casinos. I think it was in 2019. I did a solo exhibition, “Slow Homecoming”, at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and the NRW-Forum, curated by Norbert (Heinz-Norbert Jocks). One of the patrons at the time, He Jianping, said to me, “If you want to paint a casino, we can always go to Macau. I can arrange it.” I was in awe. I knew that he was a capable man when I first met and hugged him.