The good thing about abstract arts is that there is no wrong answer. The bad thing is that some are more wrong than others. Fortunately, this collection of work by 14 Munich artists is cheerful and exciting.

Bright yellows, oranges and greens recall a happy time, with only the occasional use of dark and deep red adding negative content. One of the German-Chinese artists, Li Peng, who made a first trip to Shanghai for the show's opening, said, "The pictures discuss my feelings over a period of time last summer. Certain colors express certain emotions, with different shapes for different moods."
You can't express these emotions through other media, like photography or video. And the way of appreciating the work is look at it directly, without any expectations. The more you give to the picture, the more it gives back to you. The show's largest piece, by Jerry Zeniuk, features eight black and eight multicolored circles, like an enormous child's paint pot. Also outstanding are Annegret Hoch's painted scrolls, which spill down the gallery walls and across the floor. Their colorful stripes like a dim figure of a skyline. Another artist playing with perspective is Carolin Leyck, whose paintings explore a strange region between two and three dimensions, forcing you to question what you're looking at. There are many other highlights in "Universal Painting", a show that provides plenty of space for thinking; most of it will interest you.