Tsz Mei Wong
Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
nurtures lives . The name of this painting came from an old Chinese saying . I love the meaning of it , so I decided to picture it . Such panoramic view of nature consisting of intricacies in various forms would easily lead to eyes to wanton kind of chase across the painting . Therefore I let the water , mist , clouds and blank space to set all the things apart , and at the same time they are a continuum . There is the continuum , and there is the repetition of disjunction , which forms it . The disjunctive parts are the reference material of real scenic splendors of nature and the traditional landscape . Integrating the bits and pieces of the outside world and incorporating them into the tradition configuration needs the pulsative rhythms as a source of sensory input vibrate the whole visual field .
Furthermore , to determine the norm so as to assay the freshness and commitment with which new ideas were developed in a Chinese context is of the first importance . As the Orthodox School in Qing Dynasty ( 1644-1911 ) combined the characteristics of old masters and achieved the great synthesis from which the quintessence is the unmistakable signature . In many respects this generation had reaped what the preceding generations had sown . It had assimilated the synthesis of techniques of rendering the changes of linear constructural forming , the subtle , delicate , melting , sweeping tonalities of ink . Therefore , in the province of art , Qing Dynasty is an epoch of representing a generalization of the means of expressions , the protean designs of the configurations , the expressive powers of brush and ink , while the core values , the spiritual stature of a nation are still the underlying themes .
Therefore , Chinese arts especially landscape , is not just having an impetus of its own ; it should perpetuate the lineage of Chinese culture and the artist should reveal the facility of manipulating brush and ink . Thus is what I am doing , and I hope that I can display the distinctive national features with zeitgeist .
As you have remarked once , it is not wise to evade the experiences of our ancestors : traditional value and