Exhibition Period
13 – 17 March 2015
Venue
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Gallery Sector
Sector 3E07, 3/F
Artists
CAO Xiaoyang, GU Wenda, HSU Yu-Jen, LEUNG Kui-Ting, LIN Haizhong, LIU Guosong, QIU Shihua, SHEN Aiqi, WANG Dongling, Wucius WONG, XU Longsen
Encounters: Beholding the Mountain with Awe No.1（A 10 meter monumental ink scroll by XU Longsen)
Encounters Sector: E4, 1/F
Hanart TZ Gallery at Art Basel HK 2015: Magic Mountains
Renewed public interest in Ink Art has stimulated exciting discourses in Chinese art, and it prompts the question: which aspect of Ink Art best captures the soul of Chinese traditional painting. The art of Shanshui, or “mountains and water” painting, is the indisputable candidate. Chinese imagination of Magic Mountains posits a realm for the spirit that is both transcendent and concrete, and over the past millennium Shanshui has come to represent a spiritual site that is simultaneously religious, escapist, romantic and intellectually fulfilling.
This exhibition intends to bring together contemporary practitioners whose work illuminates important aspects of the subject from diverse angles. The selection also tries not to be redundant of recent museum shows, and includes artists less familiar but no less important.
Hanart is pleased to present contemporary landscape artist Xu Longshen at Art Basel alongside a specially selected group of contemporary masters whose work references the ink traditon across different media, including: CAO Xiaoyang, GU Wenda, HSU Yu-Jeen, LEUNG Kui-Ting, LIN Haizhong, LIU Guosong, QIU Shihua, SHEN Aiqi, WANG Dongling, Wucius WONG
CAO Xiaoyang
The Twenty-four Solar Terms No.2
2010
Charcoal on Paper
Diameter: 51.5 cm
CAO Xiaoyang
The Twenty-four Solar Terms No.3
2010
Charcoal on Paper
Diameter: 51.5 cm
CAO Xiaoyang
The Twenty-four Solar Terms No.4
2010
Charcoal on Paper
Diameter: 51.5 cm
CAO Xiaoyang
The Twenty-four Solar Terms No.5
2010
Charcoal on Paper
Diameter: 51.5 cm
CAO Xiaoyang
THE TWENTY-FOUR SOLAR TERMS : Grain of Ear
2009
Charcoal on Paper
78.5 x 110 cm
CAO Xiaoyang
THE TWENTY-FOUR SOLAR TERMS : Summer Solstice
2010
Charcoal on Paper
78.5 x 110 cm
CAO Xiaoyang
THE TWENTY-FOUR SOLAR TERMS: Great Heat
2011
Charcoal on Paper
78.5 x 110 cm
CAO Xiaoyang
THE TWENTY-FOUR SOLAR TERMS: Frost Falls
2007
Charcoal on Paper
78.5 x 110 cm
Gu Wenda
Mythos Of Lost Dynasties: Pseudo Seal-script in Ancient Wrap
1996
Ink on Paper
150 x 83 cm each
This historical work in ink on paper was created in 1997 for Gu Wenda’s important installation series United Nations: The Mythos of Lost Dynasties. which include monumental ‘texts’ woven of human hair, and which the artist has staged all over the world. Trained as an ink painter at the Zhejiang Art Academy (now the China Academy of Art) in Hangzhou, Gu began doing conceptual work in the 1980s and was the first artist to work with so-called ‘error-word’ calligraphy—invented scripts that appear to be real Chinese characters but which are actually unreadable. This installation of four large error-word characters surrealistically positioned against an ink landscape background and marked with a red cross is one of the most dynamic and representative works from this important period of Gu’s oeuvre.
HSU Yu-jen
Mountain River Mountain #13
2008
Ink on Silk
179.5 x 73 cm
HSU Yu-jen
Mountain River Mountain #3
2008
Ink on Silk
180 x 73 cm
LIN Haizhong
Immortal
2014
Ink and Colour on Paper
140 x 69 cm
LIN Haizhong
Sage Ge Zhichuan Seeks New Dwelling
2014
Ink and Colour on Paper
140 x 70 cm
QIU Shihua
Landscape
1997
Oil on Canvas
56 x 59.5 cm
QIU Shihua
Landscape
1997
Oil on Canvas
56 x 59.5 cm
QIU Shiming
Fragments of Autumn
2007 – 2008
3-channel video projection of landscape film
10 mins 26 sec
Edition of 6
QIU Zhijie
The River Discovered Roads Before Mankind Did
2013
Ink and Colour on Paper
180 x 97 cm
QIU Zhijie
The Footprints of the Wild Geese Have Been Covered Up
2013
Ink and Colour on Paper
180 x 97 cm
SHEN Aiqi
Imagining the Limitless
2011
Ink and Colour on Fabric
320 x 1100 cm
SHEN Aiqi
The Unexpected
2014
Ceramic
60 x 60 x 50 cm
Wucius WONG
Running Water Forever #12
2009
Ink and Colour on Paper
141.5 x 71 cm
Wucius WONG
Heart of Autumn #4
1990
Ink and Colour on Paper
64.5 x 64.5 cm
Wucius WONG
River of the Heart
2000
Ink and Colour on Paper
46 x 46 cm
Wucius WONG
Ancient Dream #1
1990
Ink and Colour on Paper
69 x 69 cm
Wucius WONG
Mountain Melody #1
2009
Ink and Colour on Paper
96.5 x 131 cm
WANG Dongling
Da-shun : Great Ease
2012
Ink on Paper
179 x 97 cm
WANG Dongling
Da-ji : Great Auspices
2012
Ink on Paper
179 x 97 cm
WANG Dongling
Couplet : Spring Breeze Autumn Ripples
2013
Ink on Paper
136 x 34 cm each
XU longsen
Beholding the Mountain With Awe No.1
2009
Ink on Paperr
1030 x 844 cm
XU longsen
Lotus Peak
2011
Ink on Paper
150 x 281 cm
XU longsen
Pure Spirit No.20
2011
Ink on Paper
176 x 96 cm
XU longsen
Lotuses / Five Colours, Five Elements, Five Notes, All Part of the Mystery
2014
Ink on Gold Paper
Folding Screen with 6 Panels : 320 x 534 cm
XU longsen
Return to the Ancient No.6
2013
Ink on Gold Paper
30 x 50 cm
XU longsen
Return to the Ancient No.8
2013
Ink on Gold Paper
30 x 50 cm
XU longsen
Return to the Ancient No.12
2013
Ink on Gold Paper
50 x 30 cm
XU longsen
Return to the Ancient No.15
2013
Ink on Gold Paper
50 x 30 cm