OZU Wataru (b.1991, Tokyo, Japan) received his MFA in Oil Painting from Tokyo University of the Arts. Deeply inspired from childhood by Yamato-e, the Rinpa school, and ukiyo-e, he weaves the Japanese philosophical aesthetics of ma—the beauty of intervals—into his practice. On canvas, ma structures...
“What is the meaning of life? That was all—a simple question; one that tended to close in on one with years, the great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead, there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark.” — Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse In...
Taiwanese artist Lo Chan Peng, currently based in the U.S., will open his first solo exhibition in America, “The Dream of Yūgen”, on July 19 at Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles. Named after the Japanese aesthetic concept yūgen, the exhibition offers a contemplative exploration of cultural displacement, identity, and the craft...
On June 12, 2025, at 1:00 PM, the Tokyo National Museum held an official ceremony to mark the acquisition of two ink paintings by Chinese-American artist Ming Ren: Contours of Light and Shadow (2014) and Trajectory of Light Wings(2014). The museum’s director personally presented the...
Artist Liu Hui Chung (b. 1990, Taiwan), recommended by Enlighten Gallery, will have her painting ‘The greenhouse’ included in the permanent collection of the China Medical University Museum of Art. Designed by internationally renowned architect Frank Gehry, the museum is scheduled for a grand opening...
" What is admirable about the fantastic is that there is no longer a fantastic; there is only the real." — André Breton, Founder of Surrealism From a psychoanalytic perspective, fantasy arises from the repressed desires of the unconscious, often manifesting through images rooted in memory and...
The Edge Within the Rift – The Paradox of Lai Jing’s Paintings Since the late Qing Dynasty, Chinese painting has continually faced challenges and transformations in response to shifts in national circumstances. From calls to "revolutionize traditional brush techniques" to the ongoing discourse on "contemporary ink...
Landscape painting, as an art form that integrates natural or cultural scenery into pictorial elements, has a long and rich history in both Eastern and Western cultures. Scholars like Kenneth Clark have considered these works as ways of observing nature, highlighting the underlying sociological structures...
Traversing Mythic Landscapes: Zhang YuanYuan’s Radiant Worlds In exploring the essence of Chinese art, scholars often refer to aesthetic ideals like "extrinsic learned form nature, intrinsic founded on cultivation" or approach it through Confucian and Daoist philosophies. However, from the mysterious relics of the Sanxingdui site...