The Fly

Liu Peipei is painting in his studio. His model is a young woman. During the process of making his painting, he speaks of his personal experiences from around 1980—the students who fought for their right to draw live nude models, his and his classmates’ dissatisfaction with the conservative academic atmosphere which was the legacy of the Cultural Revolution, everyone taking part in planning an outdoor exhibition for which permission was not granted. Actions which are completely taken for granted today were in that day, considered treason and heresy.