Wucius Wong Explained

Wucius Wong
Native Name:王無邪 (Wang Wuxie)
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Guangzhou, China
Alma Mater:Maryland Institute College of Art
Awards:Bronze Bauhinia Star (2007)

Wucius Wong (born 1936; Chinese: 王無邪 (Wang Wuxie))[1] is a Hong Kong Chinese ink painter and leading figure of the Hong Kong New Ink Movement.[2] He has worked to bring attention to Hong Kong's efforts in Chinese contemporary art,[3] and was one of the first artists to bring modernism to the region.

Early life and education

Wong was born in Guangzhou in 1936, but moved to British Hong Kong the year after.[4] As he grew up, he was surrounded by Chinese culture.[5]

He began studying art in 1955 under Lui Shou-Kwan, the prominent Hong Kong ink artist.[2] In the 1960s, Wong left Hong Kong for the United States, attending art school in Ohio and Baltimore for four years.[5] He was awarded a masters degree in Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art.[5] He has taught such artists as Wong Chung-yu,[6] and was an inspiration of Rosamond Brown, a British artist who lived in Hong Kong.[7]

He was inspired by the landscape paintings of the Song dynasty, the geometric designs of the Bauhaus movement, and the textured strokes of the Chinese ink movement.[8]

Art and academic career

After his studies, Wong returned to Hong Kong and taught design for ten years at Hong Kong Polytechnic (later Hong Kong Polytechnic University).[5]

From 25 May to 4 July 1962, Wong's work was exhibited at the major exhibition, Hong Kong Art Today, at the Hong Kong City Hall Museum and Art Gallery (later renamed Hong Kong Museum of Art in 1975). It was significant as the first exhibition with Hong Kong art as its theme.[9] The exhibition also reflected how naturalism in art had become passé and that abstract art was favoured at that moment in time.

From 1966 until 1974, he was assistant curator at the Hong Kong Museum of Art.[10] In 1970, he was received a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.[11] In 1984, he moved back to the United States. He eventually established a permanent Hong Kong home in 1997.

Wong worked with Pat Suet-bik Hui (Xu Xuebi) in creating a mix of painting, poetry, and calligraphy.

In 1998, he received an Emeritus Fellowship from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.[12] He has been recognised by the Asia Society through their Asia Arts Game Changer Awards.[13] In 2007, he was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong government.[2]

On 24 January 2017, he was granted the title of "University Fellowship" by Hong Kong Polytechnic University.[14]

His works have been sold by Sotheby's in Hong Kong.[15]

Wong also founded a literary magazine.[5] His lyrical ideas and poetry can be seen to have an effect on his painting, where he "conveys personal feelings through colour, structure, and texture."

Selected works

Books

Paintings

Selected awards

Notes and References

  1. Xu . Jay . Searching for Mountains No. 2 . Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies . 2008 . 34 . 1 . 38–39 . 10.2307/20205577 . 20205577 . 0069-3235. free .
  2. News: Mok . Laramie . Ink tank: contemporary ink artists to invest in . 26 November 2019 . South China Morning Post . 24 October 2017 . en.
  3. News: Buchanan . Sherry . Defining Hong Kong's Culture . 26 November 2019 . The New York Times . 24 February 1996.
  4. News: Kwong . Kevin . At the East-West Crossroads - The Art of Wucius Wong . 26 November 2019 . South China Morning Post . 28 December 2006 . en.
  5. News: Tsui . Enid . Hong Kong's Wucius Wong delivers riposte to 'derivative' Chinese contemporary artists . 26 November 2019 . South China Morning Post . 8 March 2016 . en.
  6. News: Ng . Priscilla . Computers and Chinese ink in Hong Kong artist's solo show . South China Morning Post . 27 June 2017 . en.
  7. News: McHugh . Fionnuala . The 'pink house' on The Peak faces an uncertain future . 26 November 2019 . South China Morning Post . 2 September 2018 . en.
  8. Web site: Ma . Karen . Wong, Wucius (王無邪) (1936–) - Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism . www.rem.routledge.com . 26 November 2019 . en . 26 April 2018.
  9. Book: 鄭, 蕾 . 香港現代主義文學與思潮 . 中華書局(香港)有限公司 . 2016 . 978-9888420827 . 香港.
  10. Web site: Wucius Wong . University of Hawaii Press . 26 November 2019 . 19 December 2018.
  11. Book: Sullivan . Michael . Modern Chinese Artists: A Biographical Dictionary . 2006 . University of California Press . 978-0-520-24449-8 . 26 November 2019 . en.
  12. Web site: 2015/16 AIR: Mr Wucius Wong . www.polyu.edu.hk . 26 November 2019.
  13. News: Artist Imran Qureshi honoured at the prestigious Asia Arts Game Changer Awards . 26 November 2019 . . 2 April 2019.
  14. News: PolyU confers University Fellowship on seven distinguished leaders . 26 November 2019 . South China Morning Post . 25 January 2017 . en.
  15. News: Modernist ink works capture qualities of water . 26 November 2019 . The Standard . 13 October 2017 . en.
  16. News: Moore . Susan . Modern Chinese ink art goes beyond calligraphy . 26 November 2019 . Financial Times . 18 March 2016.
  17. News: Chauvy . Laurence . Hans Hartung et la Chine, rivières croisées . 26 November 2019 . Le Temps . 15 April 2013 . fr.
  18. Web site: The Weight of Lightness: Ink Art at M+ Highlights . www.westkowloon.hk . 26 November 2019 . en.
  19. Book: Man . Eva Kit Wah . Issues of Contemporary Art and Aesthetics in Chinese Context . 2015 . Springer . 978-3-662-46510-3 . 44 . 26 November 2019 . en.
  20. Book: Sullivan . Michael . Art and Artists of Twentieth-century China . 1996 . University of California Press . 978-0-520-07556-6 . 26 November 2019 . en.

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