The man who loved and painted women
By Wang Jie |
November 7, 2012, Wednesday
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WALASSE Ting (1928-2010) was passionate about beauty, freshness, nature and women.
"When I see a beautiful woman, I see flowers. I have spent all my life painting to express a sense of freshness just like a new spring, and women, cats, flowers and birds in my paintings all represent the beauty in that freshness," Ting once said.
Ting called himself the "Flower Pirate," apparently referring to the symbolic link between flowers and women. He move overseas, lived an unconventional and romantic lifestyle and declared himself a creator of female beauty.
An exhibition of around 30 works, titled "Red Mouth Series," is underway at Sinan Mansions. It represents his works at his prime.
The exotic nudes wrapped in a brilliantly colored world make a strong visual impact, with a feeling of primitivism.
Born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, Ting was raised in Shanghai. It is said that Ting began painting on the sidewalks at age 4, and started creative painting on outdoor walls at 10. He attended the Shanghai Art Academy briefly, but always considered himself to be a self-taught artist.
In 1952, Ting immigrated to Paris, where he formed close friendships with various members of the CoBrA expressionist group that drew inspiration from children's paintings and primitive art.
In 1958, Ting moved to New York where abstract expressionism and pop art were at their peak. There he met Sam Francis, Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselman and they became close friends. Despite these close relationships, he never considered himself to be a part of any artistic movement or group.
In 1970, Ting received a Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts. His work has been collected by museums around the world.
The artist used thin black lines to outline forms and painted in acrylic with a virtuosity that made the forms appear feather-light and transparent, with a watercolor quality.
"All women are beautiful in some way. I never stop looking at women on the bus, in the streets. I am always admiring them, and I go home and paint happily and freely," Ting once wrote. "When they are painted, the spring flowers bloom more brightly, the spring birds sing louder, and the women in springtime, especially, are more lustful and passionate."
Date: Through January 13, 2013, 10am-6:30pm
Address: 23 Sinan Mansions, 515 Fuxing Rd M.
"When I see a beautiful woman, I see flowers. I have spent all my life painting to express a sense of freshness just like a new spring, and women, cats, flowers and birds in my paintings all represent the beauty in that freshness," Ting once said.
Ting called himself the "Flower Pirate," apparently referring to the symbolic link between flowers and women. He move overseas, lived an unconventional and romantic lifestyle and declared himself a creator of female beauty.
An exhibition of around 30 works, titled "Red Mouth Series," is underway at Sinan Mansions. It represents his works at his prime.
The exotic nudes wrapped in a brilliantly colored world make a strong visual impact, with a feeling of primitivism.
Born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, Ting was raised in Shanghai. It is said that Ting began painting on the sidewalks at age 4, and started creative painting on outdoor walls at 10. He attended the Shanghai Art Academy briefly, but always considered himself to be a self-taught artist.
In 1952, Ting immigrated to Paris, where he formed close friendships with various members of the CoBrA expressionist group that drew inspiration from children's paintings and primitive art.
In 1958, Ting moved to New York where abstract expressionism and pop art were at their peak. There he met Sam Francis, Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselman and they became close friends. Despite these close relationships, he never considered himself to be a part of any artistic movement or group.
In 1970, Ting received a Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts. His work has been collected by museums around the world.
The artist used thin black lines to outline forms and painted in acrylic with a virtuosity that made the forms appear feather-light and transparent, with a watercolor quality.
"All women are beautiful in some way. I never stop looking at women on the bus, in the streets. I am always admiring them, and I go home and paint happily and freely," Ting once wrote. "When they are painted, the spring flowers bloom more brightly, the spring birds sing louder, and the women in springtime, especially, are more lustful and passionate."
Date: Through January 13, 2013, 10am-6:30pm
Address: 23 Sinan Mansions, 515 Fuxing Rd M.
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