For some, however, his ostensible lack of concern might make him a “true artist”; unfiltered and untainted, acting on impulse à la Jackson Pollock. Perhaps we can liken his process to the state of consciousness called flow, jargon coined by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi in the field of Positive Psychology—it occurs when a person is completely immersed in an activity with intense creative focus and enjoyable engagement.
But for others, an oeuvre based on impulsive, occasionally lewd photography could be deemed vapid, empty—shallow aesthetics for the sake of looking.
And perhaps that’s the beauty of it. His works are as easy or as complex as you want them to be, which can be considered liberating in and of itself. Whether you choose to pay attention to Ren Hang’s work or not is completely up to you. He will be shooting regardless, unaffected by any outside force, opinion, or criticism.