Wang, a self-taught Hong Kong artist, has been persistent in his artistic pursuit despite his physical disability. He started this series of international landscapes a few years ago and has waited until they come to fruition before showing them to the viewers.

“As we move towards globalization with the ever-increasing interactions, the fusion of images in my paintings strives to act as an initiative in encouraging harmonious coexistence and understanding among countries,” Wang said.

When Wang Xunliang merges the national flags of various countries and ink painting of landscapes together, he has some bigger missions in mind while realizing these conceptual pieces.

Furthermore, Wang hopes that these conceptual pieces would bring new ideas to Chinese ink painting, which has for years been experimenting and exploring ways to remain a prominent player in the international contemporary art scene.


Artist’s Statement:

How to introduce to Chinese ink painting new elements, new contents or new concepts and how to draw international attention to these new constituents have long been the on-going quests of practicing artists of ink works. The paintings in this exhibition are my humble attempts to tackle these concerns. I have merged my personal style of landscape painting with the depiction of the national flags of various countries, to realize a conceptual inspiration, to bring forth fresh visual impacts as well as to extend the horizon of shui-mo painting.

Ink painting is an essence and a true spiritual representative of the Chinese culture. National flags are state insignias of various countries. As we move towards globalization with the ever-increasing interactions when “China greets the world and the world fuses with China”, my paintings strive to act as yet another initiative in encouraging harmonious coexistence and understanding among countries. These international landscapes are here to seek your support and endorsement.

-Wang Xunliang