PENG WEI
ChinaSeemingly shifting away from ink tradition, Peng Wei focuses her exploration in contemporary aesthetics on ink, and further transcends tradition. Her work revolves around the past of art, including the wisdom, memories, sorrows, and sense of reality found in ancient work. Rooted in traditional literati painting, her work incorporates everyday epiphanies and female reflection into elegant and delicate ink paintings, portraying the soft yet persevering spirit of Chinese literati. Peng Wei’s latest body of work ‘Calligraphy Series’ recreates memorable poems of famous poets such as Mu Xin, Great Master Hong Yi, and Gustave Flaubert, casting the ink art tradition in a contemporary light. Rooted in heritage, the artist’s contemporary brushwork steeped in quaint charm encapsulates today’s feminine aesthetics.
Peng Wei has exhibited internationally, including The Poetry and Power of Music, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, United States (November 2021); Peng Wei: Feminine Space, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China (2020); I Thought of You, Suzhou Museum, Suzhou, China (2017); and Coming Full Circle, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan (2015). Her work is housed in public and private collections, including the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, U.S.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, U.S.; Brooklyn Museum, New York, U.S.; M+ Museum, Hong Kong, China; National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China, and Sigg Collection.
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