Gao Xingjian — Layers of Light, Ink In Mind
Visual Arts
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Amongst ink collectors and academics Gao Xingjian is renowned as a distinguished artist, and globally as a canonical writer and playwright of the 21st century who was the first Chinese-born writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2000. Self-exiled from China, he has lived and worked in France since 1987. In contrast to his controversial novels, his art combines elements of abstraction and Chinese ink painting, creating a meditative body of work. His unique monochromatic works share his distinctive ‘inner vision’, whereby spatial depth is ambiguous and one can visualize depth from within. For this exhibition we will be showcasing twelve works created between 2002-2016, some on paper and some on canvas, including new paintings made especially for this exhibition. painting’s traditional media, and ponders the conceptual framework and ink painting’s philosophical underpinnings. On a piece of xuan paper, the artist has placed rows of porcelain bowls, periodically filling them with pu’er tea. As the bowls overflow the paper becomes stained, and eventually dries leaving behind a brownish-black wash of colour. The work is a performance, time and process piece, changing depending on fleeting moments of time. In the process the work questions the permanence of the water itself, and in a further step, the permanence of the work in its ‘original’ and ‘final’ stages.
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook 2016" published by Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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