Zao Wou-ki

BASED IN PARIS FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE, BEIJING-BORN ZAO WOU-KI (1921-2013) WAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S PREEMINENT MODERNIST PAINTERS. HIS ABSTRACT WORKS ARE ROOTED IN CHINESE INK PAINTING, WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN THIS WORK FROM 1996, TITLED 28.8.96, WHICH COMBINES BOTH INK AND OIL PAINT. “HE IS SECOND TO NO OTHER ARTIST IN EXPRESSING AN ORIENTAL AESTHETIC BY AN ART LANGUAGE WHICH CONTAINS INTEGRAL WESTERN ELEMENTS,” SAYS CALVIN HUI. 28.8.96 IS BEING PRESENTED BY HONG KONG GALLERY KWAI FUNG HIN.