1990
Streaks of red, black, and white vie for supremacy in this painting. Textures of thick pigment, mostly acrylic, add richness to the surface, while the composition seems to suggest a powerful striding figure. Within each of the layers, a calligraphic energy informs the brushwork. Zhuang Zhe, a native of Beijing, was the son of a prominent family of intellectuals who reestablished themselves in Taiwan in 1948. He graduated from National Taiwan Normal University and joined the Fifth Moon Group in 1958. With his wife, a ceramic artist, he resettled in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and later moved to New York.
painting proper: 45.5 x 46 cm (17 15/16 x 18 1/8 in.) framed: 47.6 × 47.9 × 4.1 cm (18 3/4 × 18 7/8 × 1 5/8 in.)
Zhuang Zhe, Ann Arbor 1990-1991, gift; to Chu-tsing Li, Lawrence, Kansas (by 1991-2012), gift; to his son B U.K. Li, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2012-2016), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016. Footnotes: 1. Dr. Chu-tsing Li (1920-2014)
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