Chuang Che
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Chuang Che is a Chinese artist born in 1934 in Beijing. His work is largely abstract, combining influences of his Chinese heritage with Abstract Expressionism. He is one of the artists who fought to modernize Chinese painting just before the Cultural Revolution in China.
Early Life
Chuang Che was born in Beijing, where his father was working as a scholar and calligrapher at the National Palace Museum[1]. It was his father who introduced him to calligraphy, a medium which later had a profound influence on his art. In his twenties, Che studied Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University, where he learned about Eastern painting traditions[2]. Che felt that there was more that could be brought to Eastern painting, and so when he graduated in 1958, he joined several other artists, including Liu Guosong, Fong Chung-Ray, and Sun Duoci, and became one of the first members of the Fifth Moon Group (which had been founded two years earlier). The group sought to modernize Chinese art, making it contemporary and straying from the old traditions[3]. These ideals appealed to Che, who wanted to add something modern to the Eastern sensibilities he had been taught first by his father and then in school.
Artistic Career
In 1966, Che was awarded a John D. Rockefeller III Foundation travel grant, which allowed him to move to the United States and study art. He first moved to Iowa, studying at the Iowa University. However, he shortly after moved to New York, becoming the assistant of the sculptor Seymour Lipton[1]. In New York, Che was surrounded by contemporary artists, exposing him to Western painting styles - the most popular of the time being Abstract Expressionism[2]. Che was inspired by these contemporary styles, and decided to have his art act as a sort of confluence of East and West. He began painting works that were inspired both by his traditional Eastern education, often evoking calligraphy, and by the bold abstractions of Abstract Expressionism that he encountered in New York. His work was successful, catching the eye of many museums and galleries. He showed his work around the U.S. and Europe, and in 1992 a Retrospective Exhibition for him was held at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum[4].
Currently, Che continues to live in New York, working in his studio in the East Village. His work has most recently been shown as a part of Asia Week New York[5].
Major Public Collections
- Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States
- The Detroit Museum, Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, United States
- Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China
- National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
- Saginaw Art Museum, Michigan, United States
- Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States
- University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
- Guangdong Art Museum, Guangdong, China
- Art Museum of Central Institute of Fine Arts, China
- List Visual Arts Center at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
A Selection of Solo Exhibitions
- 2012 Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2007 National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
- 2006 Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2005 National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2005 Kuandu Museum of Fine Art, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
- 2002 Guangdong Art Museum, China
- 1980 National Museum of History, Taipei, Taïwan
- 1977 Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
- 1977 Saginaw Art Museum, Michigan, United States
- 1972 Newark Art Museum, Newark, New Jersey, United States
- 1972 Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, United States
- 1970 Fine Art Museum, Flint, Michigan, United States
- 1968 Taiwan Provincial Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
- 1965 National Taiwan Arts Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Major Group Exhibitions
- Forsythe Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Unites States
- Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, Washington, United States
- Magic Touch Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- Lung Men Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- De Graaf Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Alisan Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China
- Paidea Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States
- Shaw-Rimington Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Bibliography
- ^ a b "Chuang Che Biography – Chuang Che on artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ a b "Chuang Che - Findlay Galleries". Findlay Galleries. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ "Groupe de Mai". Wikipédia (in French). 2017-08-06.
- ^ "TFAM - Exhibitions". Taipei Fine Arts Museum.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Asia Week New York". www.asiaweekny.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.