China's contemporary art has accomplished two tasks in the years since 2000: one is the construction of its own lingual system and proactive pursuit of further expansions; The other is a reflection of the habitual thinking models formed since the 1990s, and the gradual liberation from the "post-colonialist" order in international context, furthermore the structuring of its own value dimensions. In the new historical and cultural context of today, the artists wish to follow the cultural logic and pursuit of modernity generated locally in the homeland and actively transforms the traditional visual resources to give them new cultural connotations. The theme "Farewell at the Mountain of Clouds" is a manifest of the inner connection between the exhibition and traditions. The "Farewell" is an emphasis of artist's transformation in the artistic methodology and wisdom.

Over the past decade, Zou Cao used the fingerprint as a symbolic language and carried out a number of experiments in contemporary painting. He established a unique and rich systematic series of the "Fingerprint" paintings, which is highly individual in style. Zou's latest works do not restrict to paintings. They expand to installations, video and conceptual works. All follow the personal conceptual path of the artist. Although Zou takes up such various forms, he is consistent in emphasizing the "post-tradition"in the "new context" in his works. It is the endeavor in the transformation and translation of traditional visual and cultural resources with a new methodological consciousness.Through this exhibition,ZouCao demonstrated his unique understanding of traditional and contemporary art byhis personal creative ideas and wisdom, and also provides a fine example of more possibilities of contemporary art.