Jay Gao

Black background covered in a myriad of small white shapes. At first the look like birds, but as one looks more closely they look like small abstract figures on horseback. Or maybe on camels. Who knows?

Uncharted territory

Helena Nelson reviews Imperium by Jay Gao (Carcanet, 2022)

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