The Missionary of Modern Ink Painting

Liu Kuo-sung
Teacher & Students Group Exhibition
January 31 – February 28, 2015

Liu Kuo-sung, Dreaming of the immortal’s Home, 2014

Liu Kuo-sung, Divine Mountain, Holy Water, 2014

Liu Kuo-sung, Blue Waves Welcome the Dawn, 2014

Liu Kuo-sung, Rainy Spring Water, 2009

Liu Kuo-sung, Daybreak, 2009

Leung Tung-choi, 2011 No. 5, 2011

Lin Hsiang-yuan, Emerald Mountains XLV, 2015

Liu Chen-fu, The Place Missed, Day and Night II, 2015

Chuang Shu-chen, Fissures, 2014

Wu Pui-wah, Leaping of White Lines Series No. 50, 2015

Respected as the Father of Modern Ink Painting in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China, Liu Kuo-sung has promoted the modernization of Chinese art for over fifty years. In order to revitalize Chinese ink painting in accordance to the times, Liu Kuo-sung has initialed new thought in published articles, experimented with unconventional painting materials, and created innovative painting techniques; as well as assembled artist groups, opened numerous classes with a legion of students, and tirelessly hosted countless exhibitions and academic seminars all over the world – all for the development of modern ink painting.

Since 2010, modern ink painting has implicitly become a worthy rival to oil painting in Chinese contemporary art. Highly acclaimed by international art institutions, collectors, and auction houses, the genre and its rise must be credited to Liu Kuo-sung’s tireless effort in hosting exhibitions and academic seminars across mainland China in the last thirty years. Since then, countless Chinese artists have acknowledged being inspired by Liu’s theories and innovations. In recognition of Liu’s accomplishments and contributions to Chinese art and art education in China, in 2011 China’s Ministry of Culture bestowed Liu with the Chinese Art and Literature Life-time Achievement Award.

In recent years, Liu Kuo-sung has assembled the Tension of the White Line painting group and also Liu Kuo-sung Teacher & Student Exhibition in numerous private and public art museums in Taiwan and China. Together, these artist who share the same faith in modern ink painting, wield their own artistic styles to bring forward brand new possibilities in ink and wash. And yet, this is only the beginning to the rise of the fascinating genre. Liu Kuo-sung’s dream of leading modern ink painting in becoming the renowned mainstream of Chinese art has finally been realized.

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Liu Kuo-sung, Leung Tung-choi, Lin Hsiang-yuan, Liu Chen-fu, Chuang Shu-chen, Wu Pui-wah

January 31 – February 28, 2015
Reception: Saturday, January 31, 2015, 3:00 pm
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 2:00 – 6:00 pm

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The Missionary of Modern Ink Painting

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