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Ring of Fire: The Art of Wucius Wong

November 7 - December 5, 1998

The exhibition held in our New York gallery 
between November 7 and December 5, 1998 is the sixth in our series of exhibitions devoted to 
the work of contemporary Chinese painters. “Ring of Fire ” celebrates the recent work of Wucius Wong 
(Wang Wuxie), the Hong Kong-based artist who 
ranks among the most significant of living 
masters. At first sight many of the paintings in this 
exhibition might seem to mark a sharp and 
complete break with the millennia-long tradition 
of Chinese ink painting, which manifested its 
roots in a narrative approach to painting far into 
the present century. It was Wucius’s consciousness of tradition, however,  that 
allowed him to break free of traditionalism. 
Whereas many artists are unaware of the precise 
nature of their debt to the past and to their 
contemporaries, and thus are doomed to remain 
constrained by those unacknowledged mentors, 
Wong has studied, analyzed, and used his sources 
consciously to expand his artistic vocabulary, 
gathering up the threads of past and present 
experiences in a grand and ever-evolving 
synthesis, which is evident when one confronts the paintings presented in the exhibition. One will note in these works, which range from ink on paper 
and acrylics on canvas to varying combinations 
of these seemingly disparate elements 
new textures, tones, and harmonies, resulting from 
the artist’s search for techniques by which to 
manifest the rapidly-changing world around us 
all. This exhibition owed most to Wucius 
Wong himself: not just for providing the 
paintings and a truly illuminating essay for Kaikodo Journal X, but also 
for the exemplary manner in which he has always 
pursued his personal vision and goals, with 
passion and integrity within the confines of his 
profession.

Kaikodo Journal X

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