<正> BORN in Beijing and a graduate of the Central Academy of FineArts,Hu Yongkai first won acclaim in Shanghai.A U.S.citizen,Hu now commutes between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. The influences of North and South China and oriental and occiden-tal cultures are apparent in Hu’s bold,colorful,yet finely detailed paint-ings.His South China landscapes are in dense ink and color in contrastto the subtle tinges of traditional works.His paintings also feature arti-cles of Chinese folk costume,like the red doudou(an undergarment cov-