Catalogue Note:
“I like paintings that leave open space. I like to leave space when
talking to people. I like to meditate and reflect, and not having to
contend with people.”
─Wang Pan-youn
His thinking transcends the times, while his unique use of color and space to convey memories as a faintly discernible mysterious metaphor, which are cultural connotation deeply embedded in Eastern cultures. The themes of his paintings are nothing more than the creative artistic concepts of people, nudes, nature and animals. Whether painting people, birds, dogs, cows, goats or eagles, they are all incarnations of himself, constituting an autobiographical monologue. Wang Pan-youn ‘s character was noble, having known the warmth of life and also its cold destitution, yet persevered in his love of painting, cultivating the lofty and proud temperament of the Chinese literati. Thus, this particular spiritual accomplishment also reflects on his unique creations in which we see the composition of the traditional ink and water landscape painting, and the subtle emotions on his works all quitely and lyrically tells Wang’s lifelong persistence and philosophy of art. t.
talking to people. I like to meditate and reflect, and not having to
contend with people.”
─Wang Pan-youn
His thinking transcends the times, while his unique use of color and space to convey memories as a faintly discernible mysterious metaphor, which are cultural connotation deeply embedded in Eastern cultures. The themes of his paintings are nothing more than the creative artistic concepts of people, nudes, nature and animals. Whether painting people, birds, dogs, cows, goats or eagles, they are all incarnations of himself, constituting an autobiographical monologue. Wang Pan-youn ‘s character was noble, having known the warmth of life and also its cold destitution, yet persevered in his love of painting, cultivating the lofty and proud temperament of the Chinese literati. Thus, this particular spiritual accomplishment also reflects on his unique creations in which we see the composition of the traditional ink and water landscape painting, and the subtle emotions on his works all quitely and lyrically tells Wang’s lifelong persistence and philosophy of art. t.