据悉：“新作·王冬龄”作品展将于纽约时间9月12日在纽约前波画廊开幕，展览将持续至10月24日
李白诗(对酒不觉瞑)56x76cm2015纸本水彩王冬龄
ChambersFineArtispleasedtoannouncetheopeningonSeptember12,2015ofWangDongling:NewWorks.WangDongling(b.1945inRudong,JiangsuProvince)iscurrentlyDirectoroftheModernCalligraphyStudyCenterattheNationalAcademyofFineArts,Hangzhou,ChinaandisoneofChina’sforemostlivingcalligraphers.CalligraphyisoneoftheoldestlivingarttraditionsintheworldandWanghasbeenintimatelyassociatedwithitsinceearlyinhiscareer,studyingwiththemasterLinSanzhi(1898-1989).ItwasfromtheclassicaltraininghereceivedunderLinthatheacquiredtheconfidencetoexperimentwithwaysinwhichthecalligraphicstrokemightbeliberatedfromthesimultaneousconveyanceofmeaning.
花非花76x56cm2015纸本水彩王冬龄
ThistendencybecameevenmorepronouncedduringthethreeyearshespentasavisitingprofessorattheUniversityofMinnesotaandtheUniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruzbetween1989and1991whenhewasfirstexposedtocontemporaryWesternpainting.AlthoughneverdirectlyinfluencedbyWesternabstraction,WangwascertainlyaffectedbythescaleofmuchofwhathesawandthewillingnessbyAmericanandEuropeanartistsofthe1950sand1960stotakerisks,nevermorepronouncedthaninthebreak-throughworksoftheAbstractExpressionists.Asanacknowledgedmasterofthisancientmeansofexpression,Wangiscapableofworkinginstylesthatencapsulatethehistoryofcalligraphyrangingoverthousandsofyears,fromthetraditionaltranscriptionsincursivescriptofclassicaltextstoanentirelyabstractmode.DuringtherecentexhibitionInkArt:PastasPresentinContemporaryChinaattheMetropolitanMuseumofArt,NewYorkin2013-14,Wanggaveapublicdemonstrationofhismostflamboyantmeansofexpression.Dippinghismassivebrushesintovatsofink,heconcentratedforamomentbeforesteppingontolargesheetsofpaperspreadonthefloor,steppingnimblyintothecrucialemptyspacesbetweenhispowerfulbrushstrokes.
李白·云想衣裳花想容180x288cm(每幅180x96cm)2015纸面水墨王冬龄
Inthenewbodyofworksdatingfrom2015inthepresentexhibition,Wanghasachievedanewleveloffreedomofexpression.AlthoughtheyrefertopoemsandtextsfromtheTangandSongdynasties,sometimesjustfocusingonseveralcharacters,themeaningresidesintheunmistakablecharacterofWang’scalligraphy.Whethernearlyfillingthesheetofpaperorcanvaswithdenseaccumulationsofbrushstrokesorlessdenselyappliedskeinsofstrokesofvaryingdegreesofintensity,Wang’scalligraphiesareimmediatelyrecognizable.Inadiscussionofthisformofcalligraphy,criticGaoShiminghasobservedthat“writingbecomespuretrace.Thusthecorporalityandthegestureofwritingbecomestheessence.”
美意延年42x42cm2015纸面水墨王冬龄
Contrastingwiththetraditionalmediumoftheworksininkonpaperandcanvaswillbeanewseriesofworksinacryliconpolyvinyl,inwhichthetransparentnatureofthegroundcreatesanewspatialdimensionfortheartist’scalligraphy.TheskitteringtracesofWang’scalligraphyexistnotinthefictivespaceofhisworksonpaperbutintheenvironmentinwhichthespectatorviewsthemandareconsequentlyaffectedbychangesinlightandotherchanceoccurrences.TheartistwillgiveademonstrationofhiscalligraphyinacryliconpolyvinylattheopeningreceptionSeptember12th.
Amongmanyothers,Wang’sworkisincludedinthecollectionsoftheMetropolitanMuseumofArt,NewYork;theSolomonR.GuggenheimMuseum,NewYork;theBritishMuseum,London;thePalaceMuseum,Beijing;andtheNationalArtMuseumofChina,Beijing.