Solo exhibition by Wang Huangsheng
0ctober Gallery, 2015
First solo show in London of Wang Huangsheng (b.1956, China). From light installations to sculpture, Wang Huangsheng works across a variety of media, but primarily uses the traditional medium of Chinese ink on paper. In his Moving Visions Series, he works primarily with a single unbroken cursive line, breaking the fixed conventions of traditional brushstroke painting. His poised brush, freed from all restraint of the conscious mind, is an instrument to channel the wider world’s consciousness. Ever the poet, the artist describes that spontaneous sense of freedom expressed in these moving lines as being like that of: “a boat floating without anchor into the infinite emptiness.”
Wang Huangsheng obtained an MA in Art History from the Nanjing Art Institute, in 1990, and his Doctorate, in 2006. A former Director of the Guangdong Museum of Art, Wang Huangsheng is currently the Director of the CAFA Art Museum, the most influential art space in China. As one of the most influential figures in the art world of China, Wang’s work can be found in many international collections, including the V & A, London, Uffizi Gallery, Florence and the National Art Museum of China, Beijing.
