Encre/Chine: Ink Paintings
dal 19/5/2005 al 26/6/2005
Segnalato da
19/5/2005
Encre/Chine: Ink Paintings
University Museum and Art Gallery - UMAG, Hong Kong
Works by Jean Degottex, Gao Xingjian and T'ang Haywen. Over fifty works by the three artists are included in this exhibition showing how they have used the medium, or indeed the idea, of ink in depicting profound expressions of the human condition. Curated by Alice King.
Works by Jean Degottex, Gao Xingjian and T'ang Haywen
The University Museum and Art Gallery and the Consulate General of France in
Hong Kong are delighted to celebrate this year's French May with an
exhibition of three artists who exemplify a rich tradition of artistic
cross-pollination across the East/West cultural divide.
Entitled Encre/Chine: Ink paintings by Jean Degottex, Gao Xingjian and T'ang
Haywen, this exhibition highlights the achievements of three artists working
in the Chinese medium of ink on paper. T'ang Haywen (1927¡V1991), and the
renowned playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000,
Gao Xingjian (1940¡V), are both Chinese artists who, having settled in
France, play upon the abstract qualities of ink painting to produce works
that blur the divisions between the idioms of either Chinese or western
modern art. The generous artistic environment of France has embraced
influences from cultures as divergent as Africa and Japan in its own
artistic journey, but has proven to be particularly open to artists from
China. The French artist Jean Degottex (1918¡V1988), like his compatriot
Henri Michaux, was influenced by the art, philosophy and literature of the
east and found in ink painting a medium that could synthesise the
complexities of his experiences in art, and his experimentations in
abstraction.
Over fifty works by the three artists are included in this exhibition
showing how they have used the medium, or indeed the idea, of ink in
depicting profound expressions of the human condition. In the work of T'ang
Haywen, however, there will also be examples of his vibrant, joyful
watercolour compositions. A fully illustrated catalogue of T'ang's work will
be produced in conjunction with this exhibition.
Curated by Alice King
University Museum and Art Gallery
The University of Hong Kong
94 Bonham Road, Pokfulam - Hong Kong
Opening hours: 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Sundays.