Cong Ye's creative practice is rooted in the pursuit of artistic ontology, and his work, through the topological reconstruction of structural features, construct a unique painting language at the critical point between symbolism and expressionism. The artist's almost paranoid pursuit of "absolute subjectivity" transforms the act of painting into self-confirmation in the existential sense, and each work becomes a spiritual prism that reflects the subject of creation, transforming the artist's intense experience of self-life into the continuous presence of the painting's materiality. The artist treats the creative process as a ritualized practice of fundamentalism of painting to counter the post-painting era, which is flooded with images.Thus the canvas becomes an alchemical site where existence and technique forge each other, emphasizing the archaeology and construction of the essence of painting between the overlapping of each brushstroke, and completing the visual declaration of the artist's strong personal identity.