Wang Tiande (b. 1960) Digital No.08-Mh38 ink and burn marks on paper set of two executed in 2007 180 x 34 cm (70 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.) & 50 x 13 cm. (19 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.) EXHIBITED Chinese Contemporary Water Ink Exhibition, Daxiang Art Space, Taichung, 5 September to 26 October 2008 LITERATURE p.11, Chinese Contemporary Water Ink Exhibition, Daxiang Art Space, Taichung, July 2008 FURTHER DESCRIPTION Wang Tiande was immersed in Jiangnan, the land of Chinese literati painting traditions, and grew up in multicultural Shanghai; his works stem from tradition but is not restricted by traditional frameworks. With outstanding abilities in speculative thinking and innovation, Wang Tiande received a Ph.D. in calligraphy from the China Academy of Art. His creative process involves the innovative use of paper, ink, calligraphy and multimedia, together with bold experimentation. An accomplished artist whether in painting, new media, or installation art, he is regarded as a pioneer in contemporary Chinese experimental ink painting.
Digital No.08-MH38 is part of a subset in Wang Tiande’s Digital Series, created particularly for the purpose of exploring spatial relations in Chinese painting, uses visual inertia to highlight the distances between the mountains and the water, drawing a parallel to the smaller canvas that leads the eyes to search and organize between the movement and the apparent disconnection and reconnection. It highlights the use of multi-point perspective that is unique to Chinese painting that creates the illusion of “so near yet so far”.