Liu Kuo-sung: Experimentation as Method is the largest exhibition by a Singapore public museum dedicated to the Chinese ink master, Liu Kuo-sung, which celebrates his artistic career spanning 70 years.
This retrospective show traces Liu’s creative evolution through more than 60 paintings and 150 items from the artist's personal archive, highlighting his significant innovations and contributions to the development of modern Chinese ink painting. His experiments in art go beyond the brush; Liu explores different materials and textures, and even invented the “Liu Kuo-sung paper.” He continuously reconstructs tradition with the modern, enabling the creation of a new approach to the time-honoured practice of Chinese ink painting.
- 13 January 2023 – 25 February 2024
- City Hall Wing, Level 4, Level 4 Gallery and Wu Guanzhong Gallery
Admission ticket required (free for Singaporeans and PRs).
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Liu Kuo-sung. The Composition of Distance no. 15. 1971. Ink and colour on paper, 111.5 × 57.5 cm. Gift of The Liu Kuo-sung Foundation. Collection of National Gallery Singapore.
Liu Kuo-sung. In the Midst of a Beautiful Spring . 2008. Ink and colour on paper, 92 × 232.5 cm. Gift of The Liu Kuo-sung Foundation. Collection of National Gallery Singapore.
Liu Kuo-sung. Coming. 2014. Ink and colour on paper, 84.5 × 398 cm. Gift of The Liu Kuo-sung Foundation. Collection of National Gallery Singapore.
Liu Kuo-sung. Green Mist. 1971. Mixed Media on paper, 90 × 59 cm. Gift of The Liu Kuo-sung Foundation. Collection of National Gallery Singapore.
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
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Published on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition at National Gallery Singapore, this bilingual catalogue features five newly commissioned essays by renowned scholars, an interview with Liu, and over 60 full-colour image plates of Liu’s works. A section with rare archival materials—many published for the first time—charts how Liu explored and advocated for the modernisation of Chinese ink painting over the span of his 70-year career.
此中英双语图录配合新加坡国家美术馆为刘国松举办的回顾展而出版，其中收录了五篇由著名学者撰写的专文，与艺术家的访谈录一篇，逾六十件作品的彩色图版及诸多首次出版的珍贵文献资料。这些文献节选展示了刘国松在七十年的艺术生涯中探索和倡导中国水墨画现代化的历程。
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