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Untitled
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Streaks of red, black, and white vie for supremacy in this painting. Textures of thick pigment, mostly acrylic, add richness to the surface, while the composition seems to suggest a powerful striding figure. Within each of the layers, a calligraphic energy informs the brushwork.
Zhuang Zhe, a native of Beijing, was the son of a prominent family of intellectuals who reestablished themselves in Taiwan in 1948. He graduated from National Taiwan Normal University and joined the Fifth Moon Group in 1958. With his wife, a ceramic artist, he resettled in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and later moved to New York.
Department of Asian Art
Zhuang Zhe Ann Arbor 1990-1991 gift; to Chu-tsing Li Lawrence Kansas (by 1991-2012) gift; to his son B U.K. Li Milwaukee Wisconsin (2012-2016) gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2016.
Footnotes:
1. Dr. Chu-tsing Li (1920-2014)
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Chu-tsing Li Collection Gift of B U.K. Li in memory of Chu-tsing Li Yao-wen Kwang Li and Teri Ho Li
Title: Untitled
Description:
Streaks of red, black, and white vie for supremacy in this painting.
Textures of thick pigment, mostly acrylic, add richness to the surface, while the composition seems to suggest a powerful striding figure.
Within each of the layers, a calligraphic energy informs the brushwork.
Zhuang Zhe, a native of Beijing, was the son of a prominent family of intellectuals who reestablished themselves in Taiwan in 1948.
He graduated from National Taiwan Normal University and joined the Fifth Moon Group in 1958.
With his wife, a ceramic artist, he resettled in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and later moved to New York.