Author:Li Qi-Mao

Size:Length:184 x Width:356 (cm)

Size description：184×356

Introduction：Li Chi-mao (1925- ), born in Anhui Province, is a renowned ink-wash painter. Inspired by Lu Hua-shih at an early age, he later entered the Fine Arts Department of Fu Hsing Kang College in 1952, where Liang Ting-ming became his mentor. He taught at National Taiwan University of Arts and College of Fine Arts of Chinese Culture University. Renowned as he is, Li Chi-mao has been invited to exhibit in China, Japan, Korea, the United States, Belgium, and more. In 1966, he was honored with China Arts Association Art Award, Zhongshan Academic and Cultural Creative Arts Awards, and more. In 1978, the Korea Dankook University awarded him a tenured professor position and his ph.D in arts.
As said by Li Chi-mao himself, he loves to take inspiration from daily life. He is adept at depicting animals, especially cattle and horses, primarily due to his family's farming experience in his childhood. Received Liang Ting-ming's unreserved training, Li Chi-mao indeed outperforms his teacher; his work is notable for its changing brushstrokes, dynamic shapes, and composition. His bold usage of ink, water, and color creates dramatic visual effects; the sharp distinction between wet and dry and splashes of color in his works are most appreciated by people. Li Chi-mao's style in switching between the Mogu (a technique that focuses on the absence of outline), ink-splash, break-ink (a technique that uses heavy ink to break into light ink before it dries), accumulated-ink (repeatedly adding ink of different tints), variation in wet and dry wash, and depiction of distinctive textures have captured the minds and hearts of art lovers.
Dance unto the Brush Strokes is a live art completed at the 2004 Asian Chinese Ink Painting Exchange Exhibition. Li Chi-mao's large area of splash and break ink creates a bold and arbitrary visual effect. The artist chose terse shapes and lines to portray characters enjoying polo games with dappled techniques. While the characters epitomize the tense excitement of speed in the game, it also contrasts with the dusty environment's hustle and bustle.

Accession Number:PT09400300

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