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Biography:

Wang Xunliang - alias Shi Zhongsha (Sa Shek) 

Wang Xunliang was born in 1962 in Fujian Province, China.  Physically handicapped, Wang self-trained and self-taught himself through his early years.  He obtained diplomas in Modern Literature and Foreign Literature from the Fujian Normal University in 1985 and moved to Hong Kong in 1991.  He taught himself in the art of calligraphy, seal-carving and ink painting. While doing an ink-painting course at the Hong Kong Visual Art Centre, he was awarded for his creativity by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department in 2003.  His works were shown in exhibitions at the Cattle Depot in March & July of 2004, as  well as in the Melbourne Art Fair in Sept. - Oct. of 2004.

Wang Xunliang also participated in several solo exhibitions in Hong Kong:

2010 - "International Landscapes - Paintings by Wang Xunliang", Art Beatus Peel Street Gallery, Hong Kong

2007 - "Yun-Dong - Maoist Humours, Paintings of Wang Xun-liang", Art Beatus Graham Street Gallery, Hong Kong

2005 - "Landscapes 2 - Works of Wang Xunliang", Art Beatus Exchange Square Gallery, Hong Kong

Artist's Statement

"International Landscapes - Paintings by Wang Xunliang"

How to introduce to Chinese ink painting new elements, new contents or new concepts and how to draw international attention to these new constituents have long been the on-going quests of practicing artists of ink works. The paintings in this exhibition are my humble attempts to tackle these concerns. I have merged my personal style of landscape painting with the depiction of the national flags of various countries, to realize a conceptual inspiration, to bring forth fresh visual impacts as well as to extend the horizon of shui-mo painting.

Ink painting is an essence and a true spiritual representative of the Chinese culture. National flags are state insignias of various countries. As we move towards globalization with the ever-increasing interactions when “China greets the world and the world fuses with China”, my paintings strive to act as yet another initiative in encouraging harmonious coexistence and understanding among countries. These international landscapes are here to seek your support and endorsement. 

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Mao Tse-dong is the man who has changed the history of Modern China.

"Red" is his life-long colour, as we have his red revolution, Red Army, red flags, red political power, red scarves, Red Guards, little red books, the Red Sun, and seas of red flags.

Throughout his life, Mao initiated numerous large scaled mass political movements (Yun-Dong), and these "Yun-Dong" brought sufferings and miseries to tens of millions of Chinese people. At his time, people actually shook in their shoes when they heard of a "Yun-Dong" as each political movement was almost equivalent to a demonic curse. All these, hopefully, were happenings of the past.

My works seek to confine Mao's political Yun-Dong into various forms of sports, dressed up in red humours. With these works, I intend to turn past misery into a source of artistic power and change whatever animosity into a fountain of harmony. The stunning red and green colours, as well as the thick paper-cut out-lines of the images are borrowed from the traditional Chinese folk arts. I hope these Maoist humours of mine would bring in some historical retrospectives as well.

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