Wang Chuan Biography

Wang Chuan is one of the most important representatives of ‘Scar Art’ and ‘Existentialism Art’ in 1980s and 1990s. He described his early interest in abstract art as an obsession that bordered on the sadistic, and referred to his struggle between art and life as a solitary and searching journey. In the recent years, Wang’s works have truly become the records of a meditative life. Having closely encountered death (he was diagnosed with cancer a decade ago), the artist’s simple gestures such as racing a brushwork across the page shines with preciousness of life. “From the monumentality of structure to the fragility of a breezy line, Wang Chuan’s art enhances the richness of everyday experience by turning fleeting moments into landscapes of the mind”, as gallerist and art critic Johnson Chang puts it.

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Born in 1953 and graduated from the Chinese Painting Department of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Wang Chuan has shown works in major institutions around the world, namely National Art Museum of China in Beijing (1980), the monumental ‘New Art from China: Post-1989’ exhibition in Hong Kong (1993), Herrenhof Mussbach Art Museum in Germany (1999), Guangdong Museum of Art (2000), Hanart TZ Gallery in Hong Kong (2006), Today Art Museum in Beijing (2012) and Kunsthaus Hamburg (2012).

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Shangshanqi No.4 by Wang Chuan contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Wang Chuan Shangshanqi No.4, 2013 Ink on paper
92.3 x 96.5 cm
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To - 90 ! by Wang Chuan contemporary artwork painting
Wang Chuan To - 90 !, 2019 Acrylic on canvas
90 x 60 cm
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2003 No.1 by Wang Chuan contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Wang Chuan 2003 No.1, 2003 Ink and mineral pigments on rice paper
248 x 124 cm
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Box of the flesh 肉身的盒子 by Wang Chuan contemporary artwork painting
Wang Chuan Box of the flesh 肉身的盒子, 2019 Oil on canvas
200 x 200 cm
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Song Zhuang 2017 No.14 宋庄2017年第十四号 by Wang Chuan contemporary artwork painting
Wang Chuan Song Zhuang 2017 No.14 宋庄2017年第十四号, 2017 Acrylic on canvas
90 x 120 cm
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2014-No.14 by Wang Chuan contemporary artwork works on paper
Wang Chuan 2014-No.14, 2014 Ink on paper
45.1 x 48.9 cm
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1995-No.9 by Wang Chuan contemporary artwork works on paper
Wang Chuan 1995-No.9, 1995 Ink on paper
96.8 x 89 cm
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Abstract 30 by Wang Chuan contemporary artwork works on paper
Wang Chuan Abstract 30, 1999 Chinese ink and colour on paper
69 x 69 cm
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