Ma Yong Qiang works with sand applied onto a canvas. His creations conjure the form and formlessness of sand, together with the kinetic energy of perpetual motion. The shapes are always melting away, just as you might imagine holding a ball of sand in your hands and watching the grains fall away. Yet, the sand does not disintegrate – the grains in Ma’s creations are in transition, being gathered up and reformed into a new shape. Form and formlessness, creation and recreation – this gives his mixed media canvasses a dynamic sense of movement and life.