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Kan Tai-keung 靳埭強
Cliffs Beyond 重岩
1977
In the 1970s, painter and graphic designer Kan Tai-keung incorporated Chinese landscape forms in to his paintings, which until then had been heavily influenced by Western art, design, and colour theory. In Cliffs Beyond, he double-copies a mountain from a classical Chinese painting to create a composition that is both a twist on the Tai Chi symbol and an expression of his inclination towards geometric structures. The bluish mirage brings a surrealist bent and demonstrates that landscape can be adopted as a modular component in his painting.
The Weight of Lightness: Ink Art at M+. M+ Pavilion, Hong Kong, 13 October 2017–14 January 2018
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