The universe has been a recurring theme in artworks, be it a poem, a piece of music or a painting.

In his works, Hu Jue shares his feelings about things that reveal the extensiveness of the cosmos, the passing of time and the breadth of life. While he steps aside from a symbolic approach, he has combined physical elements of objects and lives to form a distinctive semi-abstract style of his own.

Hu's ongoing exhibition Blow Towards the Sky at the Young Art Museum in Shanghai through Aug 26, presents his unique vocabulary of art built over the years since he attended the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts in Shaanxi province.