Twenty Years of Contemporary Ink Art at Kaikodo Archives

Luo Jianwu (b. 1944) 羅建武

“Clear, Wondrous, Ancient, Strange” 清奇古怪, 2005-2013

Hanging scroll, ink on paper
621.0 x 74.3 cm. (244 1/2 x 29 1/4 in.)

Inscription: “Begun painting eight years ago, now finally completed, by the seventy-year-old elderly man Luo Jianwu.”

Artist’s seals:
1. Luo Jianwu (bottom right)

2. Suihan houdiao (bottom left) (“In the depths of winter [one knows] that [pines and cypress] are the last to wither,” a quote from Confucius)

3. Chenghuai (top right) (“Embracing purity”)

4. Holuo (top left) (“The River Luo”)

5. Chachi (lower right) (“Crazy for tea”)

6. Cong wu suo hao (upper left) (“Following what I love”)

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“Old Pine at the Qing Tomb” 2014

Folding fan-shaped painting
Ink and color on paper
19.4 x 58.8 cm. (7 5/8 x 23 1/8 in.)

Inscription: “‘Old Pine at the Qing Tomb’ (painted by) Luo Jianwu in Spring 2014.”

Artist’s seals: Chenghuai; Jianwu

“All the Best” 2016

Ink on xuan paper
74.9 x 49.5 cm. (29 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)

“Go” 2016

Ink and wax on xuan paper
36.8 x 33.0 x 5.0 cm. (14 1/2 x 13 x 2 in.)

“Map of Mountains and Seas #18” 2017

Photograph, ink on mitsumata paper
Mounted as a hanging scroll
128.7 x 56.6 cm. (50 1/2 x 22 1/4 in.)

Artist’s seal: Qiu

“Selected Source Image (Fan Motif #21R)” 2017

Photograph, ink on mitsumata paper, framed
13.0 x 39.8 cm. (5 1/8 x 15 1/8 in.)

Artist’s seal: Qiu

“Vista of Central Park” 2016

Round fan-shaped painting, framed
Ink on silk
38.0 x 38.0 cm. (15 x 15 in.)

Inscription: “Dadiaozi painted in bingshen year in wintertime New York.”

Artist’s seals: Xu; Dadiaozi

“View of Berlin” 2016

Round fan-shaped painting, framed
Ink on silk
38.0 x 38.0 cm. (15 x 15 in.)

Inscription: “Dadiaozi painted in bingshen year in wintertime New York.”

Artist’s seals: Dadiaozi; Xu