Word: wu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wu Hung explains that he paints as a release from "too much thinking. I feel sometimes that being a scholar is too rigid, too boring...
...watercolors of the New England countryside have a very Western, Impressionistic feel. Wu Hung says that while in Chinese art each line is essential, with a certain value assigned to each stroke, he himself is more concerned with color than with form...
...Chinese art is the representation of an idea," Wu Hung explains. "In Western art, there is less emphasis on the political attitude of the painter; instead, there is a personal relationship between the viewer and the painting...
According to Wu Hung, Chinese art now is in a transitional stage. He says he feels it's important to encourage young artists, and he has arranged a series of displays of modern Chinese paintings in the Adams House common room in order to stimulate interest in the Asian art scene...
...antiquarian who's deeply involved in contemporary culture, Wu Hung has done a great deal to further our understanding of Chinese art," says Rockefeller Professor of Oriental Art John M. Rosenfield...