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Ink-wash art hat defies traditions

Feature | Artist Studio
2010-12-20

INK-WASH painters He Xi and Wu Yiming both studied traditional painting but they use ancient techniques and symbols to craft modern messages. Wang Jie visits their studios. Once Wu Yiming was assailed by critics...

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In Vogue and into a career

Feature | Artist Studio
2008-5-31

TALENTED young Chinese artist Kim Xu pushes the boundaries in art and fashion. He tells Michelle Zhang how both have changed his life Like many other young talented Chinese artists, Kim Xu did not have a clear...

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Comic Edo-fication - Create, don't copy

Feature | Artist Studio
2008-1-2

Dutch comics illustrator Edo Fuijkschot has been creating in China and studying the comics scene. What he sees is too much Japanese-inspired art and not enough strong Chinese elements. Nora Li explains Edo's credo. ...

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Painter honors literati

Feature | Artist Studio
2007-4-4

Two young ink-wash artists Shao Zejiong and Bao Ying are both skilled in fine arts. Shao is a traditionalist inspired by the scrolls of the literati. He sings Peking Opera in his studio. Bao paints flowers, birds and...

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Each ink-wash is a 'love letter'

Feature | Artist Studio
2007-4-4

Female artist Bao Ying claims that each of her ink-wash paintings is a "love letter" she has written to herself. "I am often lost in my paintings," says the 37-year-old artist, "When I am painting, I am almost in a...