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Acrylic painting with paper collage on canvas of Chinese characters written in white across a patchwork of brown, bronze, and gold colours. Apart from the vertically written phrases—‘Namo Amitabha Buddha’, ‘If you can see the way’, and ‘Acting right is the way’—the writing is obscured by paint and paper collage

Acrylic painting with paper collage on canvas of Chinese characters written in white across a patchwork of brown, bronze, and gold colours. Apart from the vertically written phrases—‘Namo Amitabha Buddha’, ‘If you can see the way’, and ‘Acting right is the way’—the writing is obscured by paint and paper collage

Acrylic painting with paper collage on canvas of Chinese characters written in white across a patchwork of brown, bronze, and gold colours. Apart from the vertically written phrases—‘Namo Amitabha Buddha’, ‘If you can see the way’, and ‘Acting right is the way’—the writing is obscured by paint and paper collage

M+, Hong Kong, © Fong Chung-Ray

Fong Chung-Ray 馮鍾睿

14-17 一四之十七

2014

Excerpts from the Diamond Sutra, an important Buddhist scripture about the nature of impermanence, dominate the composition oft his recent painting by Fong Chung-Ray, a member of the Fifth Moon Society in Taiwaninthe1960s.Thesquarely composed characters—as if copied by a child—and patches of acrylic in earthy tones were transfer-printed and layered onto the canvas by hand. In result, thepainting’s surface resembles the patterns of ceramic crackles or the texture of dilapidated walls, bringing an aesthetic of decay. The Buddhist texts, some obscured andothers visible, aretestaments to Fong’s understanding of decay as a transient stage in the cycle of material transformations.

The Weight of Lightness: Ink Art at M+. M+ Pavilion, Hong Kong, 13 October 2017–14 January 2018

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Object Number:

2015.553

Object Type:

Related Makers:

Fong Chung-Ray (Artist)

Medium:

acrylic and paper collage on canvas

Date:

2014

Dimensions:

sheet: 136 × 179 cm; image: 122.5 × 165.8 cm

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Credit Line:

M+, Hong Kong

Copyright:

© Fong Chung-Ray

About the Maker:

Works by Fong Chung-Ray include Painting and Ink Art.

There are 4 objects by Fong Chung-Ray from the M+ Collection available online.

Fong Chung-Ray Painting Visual Art M+ Collection

M+ Exhibition History

The Weight of Lightness: The Boundless Potential of Ink Art, 13 October 2017 to 14 January 2018

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