Lui Shou-Kwan Centenary Exhibition

Date of event:   27/10/2018 − 07/04/2019

ABSTRACTION, INK AND ENLIGHTENMENT

Ashmolean Museum
27 Oct 2018 – 7 Apr 2019
Gallery 11
Free Admission

Lui Shou-kwan (1919–1975) was one of the most significant artists in Hong Kong during the mid-twentieth century. The paintings in this exhibition marking the anniversary of his birth are from the Ashmolean’s own collection.

Two themes in particular dominate the output of the painter Lui Shou-kwan: landscapes and spirituality. It is his Chan (Japanese: “Zen”) paintings for which he became most famous. During the 1960s and 1970s these caught the imagination of many, as examples of an authentic contemporary Hong Kong art that could compete on equal terms with that of artists abroad.

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CURATOR’S TOUR

Wed 3 Apr, 3–4pm, meet in Gallery 11
Free, booking required.
Join Christensen Fellow in Chinese Painting Dr Paul Bevan for a guided tour of the Lui Shou-kwan Centenary Exhibition.

 

Lui Shou-kwan, Abstract, 1962, Barker Bequest, EA1981.55 © The Artist’s Estate

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