[1] These towering structures are often surrounded by organic, swirling shapes to place them in a constant state of motion and transition, yet a 'sinofuturistic' context which both revives and reinvents their initial purposes.
In these paintings, she pays much attention to and magnifies the architectural details of structures, buildings and landscape, using the idea of fragments and layers to convey a sense of alienation.
[2] Her classical training is reflected most apparently in her most recent exhibitions, which merge a variety of architectural styles to create fantastical, futuristic images of urban Chinese metropolises.
Cui has stated that she views architecture as "experiencing history just as human beings;" interviews quote her artistic focus as an expansion on Wassily Kandinsky's synesthetic style of painting, visualizing sound itself and other sensuous experiences as part of the urban landscape.
[1] Her works have been exhibited worldwide, including at The 4th Prague Biennale (2009), “Poetic Realism: An Reinterpretation of Jiangnan—Contemporary Art from South China” (Madrid, 2008), Notes of Conception (Beijing, 2008).