These violent opera gouaches, by Wang Yishi’s, date from 1989 and comes from the Kwok On collection. Chinese opera is laden with simbolism, archetypal characters and it’s in the crossroads of several forms of art.

When coloring my sketches, watercolors are my weapon of choice. Ever since a notorious sketching trip to Istanbul, I adopted watercolor as a portable and practical tool, that would quickly turn my usual black and white sketches into lively eye-candy onsite reportages.