Xiong Wenyun has chosen to study the Japanese painting, and, moreover, spent years on it. The choice to study Japanese painting is like converting to Buddhism and electing the “Vinaya school,” whose process is arduous even painful, because Japanese painting is extremely fastidious about the manufacture techniques. The drawing procedure of using mineral substance pigments, the inspiration on the painter’s artistic feeling, the patience and ability needed are serious challenges.
——Extracted from Fan Di’an’s “Please Affirm the Techniques” 1996
日本画, 日本筑波 Japanese Paintings, Tsukuba Japan, 1991-1995
哲蚌寺 227cm x 162cm 金箔+矿物颜料混合丙烯 麻布
Drepung Temple 227cm x 162cm Gold foil+ Mineral pigment on canvas 1992
虹 116x116cm 矿物颜料混合丙烯 麻布 1993
Rainbow 116x116cm Mineral pigment on canvas 1993
华 116x116cm 矿物颜料混合丙烯 麻布 1993
Gorgeous 116x116cm Mineral pigment on canvas 1993
神寺 116x116cm 矿物颜料混合丙烯 麻布 1993
Divine Temple 116x116cm Mineral pigment on canvas 1993
祝典 116x116cm 矿物颜料混合丙烯 麻布 1993
Celebration 116x116cm Mineral pigment on canvas 1993
焰 91cmx116cm 矿物颜料混合丙烯 麻布 1994
Flame 91x116cm Mineral pigment on canvas 1994
平晓 矿物颜料混合丙烯 麻布 91cmx116cm 1995
Ping Xiao 91x116cm Mineral pigment on canvas 1995
归程 227cm x 162cm 矿物颜料混合丙烯 麻布 1995
Return Journey 227cm x 162cm Mineral pigment on canvas 1995
Professor at University of Tsukuba, President of the Basic Art Design Association of Japan
Looking at these works, some people simply regard them as “abstract painting,” while others believe they are “graphic design” that only perform the function of ornamentation. However, these types of opinions are biased. The works of Xiong Wenyun are an eruption after years of painstaking research, a kind of revolution, and revolutionary and pure “fine art” envisioning the modern the spirit. Neither design nor art, they are pioneering objects of “fine art.”
——Extracted from ASAKURA Naomi’s “Perceiving the Future Spirit of Fine Art” 1997
错位-支配 224cm x 162cm 丙烯混合颜料 麻布 1997
Dislocation-Dominate 224cm x 162cm Acrylic Mixed media on canvas 1997
错位-周期 224cm x 162cm 丙烯混合颜料 麻布 1997
Dislocation-Cycles 224cm x 162cm Acrylic Mixed media on canvas 1997
错位-说教 224cm x 162cm 丙烯混合颜料 麻布 1997
Dislocation-Preach 224cm x 162cm Acrylic Mixed media on canvas 1997
错位-夏日 224cm x 162cm 丙烯混合颜料 麻布 1997
Dislocation-Summer Day 224cm x 162cm Acrylic Mixed media on canvas 1997
错位-神 181cm x 362cm丙烯混合颜料 麻布 1997
Dislocation-Mind 181cm x 362cm Acrylic Mixed media on canvas 1997
错位-虹 181cm x 362cm 丙烯混合颜料 麻布 1997
Dislocation-Rainbow 181cm x 362cm Acrylic Mixed media on canvas 1997