Xie Lei face to face Neil MacGregor

"In front of the canvas, I step forwards, backwards, to the left, to the right... painting keeps me moving. These movements could be seen as a dance, an intimate and very tense dance. The painting and I are the only witnesses to this dance. On the canvas, you can feel the movement, the air that s moved by the body. That s how there is such intimacy." Xie Lei