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With a title hinting at metaphysics, Clear Conclusion of Clearness was made shortly after Liu Kuo-sung began to rethink his conceptual and technical approach. In 1963, he began using rough cotton paper as a painting surface, and an artillery cleaning brush instead of the traditional calligraphic brush. The results of this combination here are evidenced most clearly in the vein-like patterns in the ink. Liu conceived of these as an alternative to texture strokes in traditional paintings, and created the effect by painting the back side of the paper and peeling the coarser cotton fibres away. He then reapplied ink to the paper’s front side to accentuate the fibrous voids and the different tonalities, sometimes peeling off more fibres. The abstract composition echoes the feathery texture of the paper’s fibres and also appears to outline a calligraphic trajectory and a dramatic landscape seen from above.
Liu Kuo-sung was a pioneer of modern ink art who inherited its traditional aesthetics but revolutionised its tools. As a co-founder of the Fifth Moon Society in Taiwan in 1956, he initially advocated for Western influences in Chinese art. However, he quickly shifted his ambition to focus on modernising Chinese art on its own terms, largely by innovating the use of ink and paper. With a title hinting at metaphysics, Clear Conclusion of Clearness was made shortly after Liu began to rethink his conceptual and technical approach. In 1963, he began using rough cotton paper as a painting surface, and an artillery cleaning brush instead of the traditional calligraphic brush. The results of this combination here are evidenced most clearly in the vein-like patterns in the ink. Liu conceived of these as an alternative to texture strokes in traditional paintings, and created the effect by painting the back side of the paper and peeling the coarser cotton fibres away. He then reapplied ink to the paper’s front side to accentuate the fibrous voids and the different tonalities, sometimes peeling off more fibres. The abstract composition echoes the feathery texture of the paper’s fibres and also appears to outline a calligraphic trajectory and a dramatic landscape seen from above.
Materials: FSC paper
Size: 10.5 x 14.8 (A6)
Materials: FSC paper
Size: 10.5 x 14.8 (A6)
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