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M+ Sigg Collection, Hong Kong, © Zhang Wei
Zhang Wei 張偉
AC9
1984
In this oil painting, which consists of two connected linen canvases, dark teal paint forms circular shapes. Large swirls are made with lighter brushstrokes, and splatters and dots suggest vigorous gestures. Grey splashes of paint overlay the teal colour on the bottom half of the left canvas. Similar to many of Zhang Wei’s other abstract paintings, the brushstrokes of AC9 are bold, and the action of painting is visible through drips and splashes. The artist strives for the expression of a mood, and his paintings often evoke a sense of incompleteness.
Zhang moved from representational depictions of landscapes and human figures towards a spontaneous, gestural, and abstract style in the early 1980s, based on a desire to express the transitory nature of emotions. He was influenced by the practice in Chinese painting of capturing a feeling, as well as by Western styles of abstraction. In particular, Jackson Pollock’s works, which Zhang saw at an exhibition in Beijing in 1981, encouraged him in his own experiments with dripped paint.
Zhang moved from representational depictions of landscapes and human figures towards a spontaneous, gestural, and abstract style in the early 1980s, based on a desire to express the transitory nature of emotions. He was influenced by the practice in Chinese painting of capturing a feeling, as well as by Western styles of abstraction. In particular, Jackson Pollock’s works, which Zhang saw at an exhibition in Beijing in 1981, encouraged him in his own experiments with dripped paint.
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