Chen Yinpi was a pioneering artist of Chinese origin engaged in the exploration of abstract painting in the history of modern art. His early works were dominated by social realism. In 1950, when Abstract Expressionism prevailed in the United States, Chen began to study abstract painting. Abstract shows a typical style of his afterward: he extracted visual elements with strong abstract meaning as the base to create a real sense of texture beyond the abstract plane through techniques such as collage and stacking. The work uses the contrasting color system that often appears in Chen’s works, such as the yellow-green lines stacked to form the main color, supplemented by blue, red, and orange brushstrokes arranged freely in a riot of colors, like a grand instrumental ensemble, to create a chaotic yet vibrant world.

Through abstract expression techniques, Chen’s art, originating from the pursuit and excavation of Eastern culture, extracts and reconstructs traditional Chinese cultural elements by taking advantage of the expressive means of oil painting, forming a unique “abstraction with Chinese characteristics.”