The book Beyond Boundaries - the Art of Shanye Huang offers a unique change to experience a contemporary, cross-cultural perspective on traditions little known outside of China. Huang’s bold, vibrant paintings, abundant in detail and extravagant in color, emanate from deeply engrained Zhuang musical traditions and move forward strongly within the forms of contemporary abstraction and off-the-canvas painting installations. Using Chinese calligraphic forms merged with English words and set into colorfield-like canvases layered with folkloric symbols, Huang sets forth images that move viewers directly to his experience of East meeting West, yin and yang.