From 2011 on, Qian Wu has been painting with acrylic and mixed materials on canvas，aiming to express the cultural consciousness of “East Meeting West” and the essence of ink wash painting in the spirit of eastern aesthetics. From the expression to the structuring, and from “hot abstract” to “cold abstract”, Qian Wu seeks for more profound understanding of the logic and the narrative pattern behind western abstract art. Meanwhile, he believes that, mere pursuit of art form and art language, if without spiritual core, would be pale and bland. Holding this belief, he takes Chinese ink as the medium, working on strengthening the expression of lines, building connections through the “writing”, and occasionally allowing some “contingency” to add uncertainty and vagueness to his artwork.
