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Lan Zhenghui’s Ink Moment in Hong Kong

6 - Ink Monument installation at Art Central 2016
Ink Monument installation at Art Central 2016.

One of China’s leading contemporary artist, Lan Zhenghui, recently début a magnificent installation Ink Monument at Art Central Hong Kong. The project was presented by Ethan Cohen New York, at the iconic Central Harbourfront. Commissioned by Art Central’s selection committee, Lan Zhenghui’s installation Ink Monument towers close to 16.5 feet high, with a colossal four-sided column of large-scale ink paintings on rice paper.

The artist created his new master-work to express the power of sadness and an epic awareness of tragedy. After Hong Kong Art Week, Lan will next embark on a U.S. tour that includes a second residency at Mana Contemporary co-sponsored by Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, and university lectures in multiple cities.

This is the second year that the Art Central selection committee has invited Lan Zhenghui for a major installation. At 2015’s Hong Kong Art Week, Ethan Cohen curated Lan’s installation titled Re-Think, which was very well received in Hong Kong and was a highlight of the Art Central fair (the entire installation was acquired).

2 - Lan with fair Director for Art Central, Maree di Pasquali
Maree Di Pasquale, the Fair Director for Art Central Hong Kong, with Lan Zhenghui.

7 - Artwork high-res - Ink Monument - installation - 5 meters x 1 meter - ink on rice paper - four-sided column

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Born in Sichuan China in 1959, Lan graduated in 1987 from one of China’s most prestigious art academies, the Sichuan Academy of Art (famous alumni include Zhang Xiaogang and Zhou Chunya). He has focused his career working in contemporary ink painting and calligraphy, and his powerful ink movement is based on more than 20 years of passionate research for his vision of constructing art via ink traditions in new ways.
8 - artwork hi-res Ink Monument, 2016, vertical detail-1, two sides, installation - 5 meters x 1 meter - ink on rice paper - four-sided column
Ink Monument, 2016, vertical detail
1.4 - Ink Moument installation - Lan Zhenghui
Lan Zhenghui and his Ink Monument installation.

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