"Integration: Fusion and Adaptation" is the fourth and current exhibition for the Wuhan Ink Art Biennale at the Wuhan Art Museum. As described at the museum:
One piece on display features Chinese calligraphy, common at art museums in China.
Less common is the calligrapher's home country — the U.S. — and the topic of the writing, which is captured in Michael Cherney's title for the work: Excerpt from Thoreau's A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (2012).
South Korean Shin Young Ho's piece Liquid Drawing_4207 (2015) doesn't include calligraphy, but it does have ants.
Li Huichang's Groan No. 66 (2015) has neither calligraphy nor ants, but there is still much going on.
One of the more colorful pieces at the exhibition is Paradise (2008) by Huang Min.
Finally, the piece I pondered most was Stop! (2015) by Liu Qinghe.
Like many others on display, the large piece of art is worth a closer look.
The Wuhan Art Museum has much more. One sign indicates this exhibition was supposed to have already ended over a week ago, so I am not sure how much longer it will be around. In any case, the Wuhan Art Museum is free. You just have to scan your Chinese ID card to open an entrance gate. If you are a foreigner, don't worry. You can walk around the gate — no need to stop.
The preceding three exhibitions present a chronological sequence of perpetuation and development, transformation and innovation, in Chinese ink painting since Ming and Qing periods. "Integration" showcases the richness of contemporary ink art through works that are rooted in tradition yet present new ideas, pieces that are more avant-garde in creative concept and method, as well as pieces by foreign artists working in ink.
One piece on display features Chinese calligraphy, common at art museums in China.
Less common is the calligrapher's home country — the U.S. — and the topic of the writing, which is captured in Michael Cherney's title for the work: Excerpt from Thoreau's A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (2012).
South Korean Shin Young Ho's piece Liquid Drawing_4207 (2015) doesn't include calligraphy, but it does have ants.
Li Huichang's Groan No. 66 (2015) has neither calligraphy nor ants, but there is still much going on.
One of the more colorful pieces at the exhibition is Paradise (2008) by Huang Min.
Finally, the piece I pondered most was Stop! (2015) by Liu Qinghe.
Like many others on display, the large piece of art is worth a closer look.
The Wuhan Art Museum has much more. One sign indicates this exhibition was supposed to have already ended over a week ago, so I am not sure how much longer it will be around. In any case, the Wuhan Art Museum is free. You just have to scan your Chinese ID card to open an entrance gate. If you are a foreigner, don't worry. You can walk around the gate — no need to stop.
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