Fu Bailin's solo exhibition "Mysterious Forest, Hidden Shadows" was on display at M Art Space in Shanghai this year. In his latest painting-photography experiment, the artist aims for painting to penetrate the essence of photography and vice versa, hoping that their "intermingling" and "entanglement" will unleash their respective potentials. The forest landscapes in his works appear like a black montage from afar, yet upon closer inspection, they reveal themselves as mysterious, deep realms, exuding a sense of scholarly calm and transcendence-even though no human figures are present in the scenes.