A solo exhibition by famous modern artist Xu Kuang will be unveiled this afternoon at the Art Museum of the Beijing Fine Arts Institute, with 60 representative prints and sketches on show.

Titled Plateau of Sunshine, the exhibition is Xu's first comprehensive solo show in his 50-year art career, presenting a rare insight of works created on his life-long artistic journey.

All works are based on the artist's continuous exploration of natural conditions and social appearances of people living on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, altogether revealing the change of life in this area over the past decades.

Xu is among one of the few modern artists who has made signifi cant achievements in printmaking in China and has been widely acclaimed for several of his prints such as Village School and Waiting for Ferryboat in the early 1950s and 1960s.

A wide range of his recent prints, also with subject of Tibet, including Plateau of Sunshine and Road to Heaven are part of his latest exhibition that will run until January 19.