Zoon - Dreamscape No.1224

Huang Zhiyang is widely regarded as a master of innovation using traditional ink and brush painting. His gestural 360-degree painting, placing the xuan paper on the floor, walking around it and painting freely from the four sides, has been likened to the abstract “action painting” works of American artist Jackson Pollack. This would however be a misnomer, since it undermines the scholarly training and skill Huang possesses in the use of the ink and brush. His calligraphic prowess, and his sophisticated engagement with Chinese traditional painting history and technique are what underlie his exciting tour-de-force love of ink and brushwork abstract painting. Huang represented Taiwan in the Taiwan Pavilion at the 1995 Venice Biennale, and had a career retrospective exhibit in 2014 at China’s National Museum on Tiananmen Square. Huang’s work is collected by the US State Department’s Art in Embassies Program, the UBS Bank, Switzerland, Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, and private collections.