Liu Jiutong reimagines villages and water towns through a distinctive visual language shaped by the aesthetics of time, space, and form. Rooted in Daoist philosophy, his paintings explore the subtle interplay between presence and absence, utility and non-utility, seeking the "form beyond form" and the "name beyond name."

The serene beauty of these water towns has the power to quiet the restless mind. Gazing upon them, one encounters a profound stillness, where silence and quiet grace seem to endure beyond the passage of time.