C.C. Wang (1907–2003) is best known as a preeminent
twentieth-century connoisseur and collector of pre-modern Chinese
art, a reputation that often overshadows his own art. Lines of
Abstraction brings attention to Wang’s artistic experimentations.
Spanning seven decades, the catalog focuses on the artist’s
distinctive synthesis of Chinese literati ink art and American
postwar abstraction. Born to a family of scholar-officials at the
twilight of the Qing dynasty, Wang mastered the traditional ink and
brush techniques in Republican China and immigrated to New York
City. There he sought to perfect the literati painting, a genre
associated with Chinese artist-intellectuals that blends
calligraphy, painting, and poetry. Drawing inspiration from this
historic art form, as well as New York’s artistic climate in the
wake of World War II, he advanced breakthrough transformations in
ink painting. Held twenty years after the artist’s death, a 2023
exhibit of Wang’s art was hosted by two venues, one at Hunter
College and the second at the University of Minnesota. This
exhibition catalog includes one hundred color images and features
contributions by Daniel Greenberg and Joseph Scheier-Dolberg.
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