Redolent of Incense (Wang Tiande's Recent works)

Catalogue for a solo exhibition of the work of Shanghai-based artist Wang Tiande (1938 - ), held at the Yishu Space, Vancouver, B.C. in 2005.

'[Wang Tiande] reveals a new dimension to ink and wash by way of incineration. It is a kind of veneration through a combination of adoration and subversion:

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in China, burning incense is the immolation of worship, and incineration means subversion to calligraphy, the most ubiquitous form of traditional culture in China. Wang Tiande's cleverness lies in his thinking of incineration as a form of unveiling...[suggesting] a contemporary form of speech with calligraphic implications, while maintaining the visual embodiment of profound Asian aesthetics.'

(Abstract from essay by Wang Lin, "Creation of Ink and Wash at Present Tense: Elucidation of Wang Tiande's Recent Works")

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