Towards Enlightenment A (yellow) - Wucius Wong (NEW)
Towards Enlightenment A (yellow), Wucius Wong

Towards Enlightenment A (yellow)

Artist

Wucius Wong

Nationality

Chinese

Heritage

Asian

Medium

Offset Lithograph

Date

1991

Dimensions

30 x 21 1/2 inches

Edition Size

75 prints in this edition

Printer

Robert "Bob" Franklin

Provenance

Brandywine Workshop and Archives

Location

Philadelphia, PA

About the Work

From the Artist

My personal style reflects the distinct backgrounds shaping my pursuit. My principal rule is to maintain the millennia-long Chinese civilization in art. The blending of elements in different ways has helped me to explore different avenues at different times.

My work clearly mirrors my life as a Chinese living almost the entire life away from the homeland, finding no roots, drifting across the wide ocean, wandering in foreign lands, and feeling like flowing water in a continual moment. I had a bilingual education, and this has made me feel that I lack full acquaintance with the essence of the Chinese culture or the Western culture.

I have chosen the use of geometric elements to dissect shapes, to introduce hidden structural grids, and to effect rhythmical movements. The presence of such geometrical elements helps to emphasize contemporaneity in ink painting, with brushwork and themes, which clearly reflect the tradition.
—Adapted and excerpted from https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/explorations-in-ink-artists-in-conversation, accessed 7-29-2021

About the Artist

Wucius Wong

Wucius Wong is a celebrated ink painter and a proponent of the Hong Kong New Ink Movement. He was born in Guangdong Province, China. Wong co-founded the Modern Literature and Art Association. After organizing the First Hong Kong International Salo...

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