Tag Archives: China

Event Writing Calligraphic Abstraction (Wang Dongling)

Posted on January 29, 2014 by zjb

I like these big calligraphic abstractions, the way they look, the nestling of saturated black ink and white space, the gestural writing brought into the elegantly paneled Chinese galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the way the paintings … Continue reading →

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Big Inky Grid Art (Li Huasheng)

Posted on January 28, 2014 by zjb

(Li Huasheng, 0669) On the surface, a very simple grid. Only it’s not simple. Consider the massive size of the 4 scrolls, practically 12 feet in height, and that the artist, Li Huasheng, drew each line freehand, described in terms … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Read the (Bimo) Ink Art (Contemporary Chinese Art at the Met)

Posted on January 27, 2014 by zjb

Ink Art is the first big show of contemporary art from China at the Met. The idea is conservative. What new things can you do with an old medium? In this case “bimo,” or traditional Chinese brush and ink, on … Continue reading →

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兩岸關係” | “Cross-Strait Relations” | “两岸关系 (13th St)

Posted on November 24, 2013 by zjb

photos from the Post Garden – Eye SPY Series by Cao Fei (http://www.caofei.com/news.aspx) 135-9211-8072 and 135-8217-9633 by Michael Lin video stills from Phantom Island by Jun Yang (http://www.hiroshima-moca.jp/www/e/artist_jun.html) Lanyu VIII by Charwei Tsai (http://www.charwei.com/) New art from China and about China exploring … Continue reading →

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China (Meta-Logical World) (Franz Rosenzweig)

Posted on November 6, 2013 by zjb

Driving home through Deleware Gap last week, I pulled over to take these pictures. For some reason, the photos that I shoot there always end up looking like a Chinese landscape. It’s probably the image of a craggy gorge standing … Continue reading →

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Rites, Death, and Filial Piety (Religion in China)

Posted on April 6, 2013 by zjb

Very sharp religion journalism at the New York Times about religious rites, death, and filial piety in China. Religion has less to do with such cognitive things as belief in and worship of gods and God and more to do … Continue reading →

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