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Eastern Taoism and European Modernism Intersect in Zao Wou-Ki's '04.01.79'

Jonathan Crockett, Deputy Chairman of Asia, discusses the dance of Eastern and Western influences in Zao Wou-Ki's '04.01.79'. An all-encompassing representation of the Chinese-Parisian artist's mature stage of his life after residing in Paris for over three decades, the painting is a culmination of Eastern ink techniques and Western abstraction. In '04.01.79', Zao Wou-Ki uses this unique style to bring forms to amorphous forces of nature such as fog and light.

Tags: 20th Century Art , Contemporary Art , Zao Wou Ki

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