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A Time for Space
Public Space No. 26 by Wu Yang.
Today's red-hot Chinese art market is always looking for something new and it appears abstract painting has become one of the coolest new discoveries. Renowned curator Fang Zhenning says the Chinese community has long understood the fine art of creating and appreciating abstract essentials in
visual imagery thanks to Chinese characters, calligraphy and painting.
"But we never relate calligraphic artto a painting, because its function as a language was established," he says.
"However, there have always been abstract elements in Chinese painting from the very beginning. The most outstanding example is Master Badashanren from the Qing Dynasty."
Fang now has a new favorite abstract artist Wu Yang, who has blown away critics, curators and foreign artists with a breakthrough new exhibition.
Wu Yang
Flying White is the fourth solo exhibition for Wu Yang, who comments on China's fast developing urban landscapes by painting striking black-and-white abstract acrylic images on photographic paper.
The artist's combination of photographic paper and Chinese ink images of the urban landscapes has interested foreign art critics who have praised her traditional-modern fusion technique.
Indian artist Sarbajit Sen has said he was very inspired after seeing Wu's paintings because it gave him special insight into the Chinese psyche.
"I felt a strong energy and discovered very familiar poetry of an urban mindscape where things are fragmented and are in a constant state of flux and uncertainty."
Sen said the discovery of new art ideas inspired him to be a better artist himself.
German art critic HD Schrader said he was very impressed by the subject of urban spaces presented on photographic paper.
He said Wu's language was very contemporary yet the painting naturally creates feels of Chinese ink painting.
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