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Hao Liang 郝量
Eight Views of Xiaoxiang - Dazzle 瀟湘八景—琳琅
2015
The scenery along the Xiao and Xiang rivers is one of the most frequently depicted landscape themes in Chinese painting. Working on silk without the hint of a brushstroke, Hao Liang combines styles and compositions of different time periods in this huge landscape. For example, the tall, narrow waterfall at the top, which accentuates the height of the mountain, is commonly seen in paintings from the Song dynasty, between the tenth and thirteenth centuries. The boulders rising from the lake, on the other hand, are reminiscent of those depicted in Chinese landscapes from the 1700s. Hao treats bits and pieces of the history of Chinese painting as found objects, bringing the centuries-old medium forward to our time.
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