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拍品专文
As the leading figure of Hong Kong’s New Ink Painting Movement in the early-1970s, Irene Chou sought to express her own inner universe through a highly original and innovative visual language.
Although undated, the current work was likely created in the mid to late 1980s. At that time Irene Chou emerged from a period of darkness after the death of her husband. She converted her home into a painting studio and felt liberated, fully submerged in the act of painting. It is also in this period that Chou developed her “impact” motif into “impact structural stroke” – a technique inspired by Zen painting whereby she splashed ink onto wet xuan paper. The sphere motif, which consists of tiny pointillist dots, is a long standing feature in Chou’s works spanning her entire artistic career, and represents her devotion to attention.
Although undated, the current work was likely created in the mid to late 1980s. At that time Irene Chou emerged from a period of darkness after the death of her husband. She converted her home into a painting studio and felt liberated, fully submerged in the act of painting. It is also in this period that Chou developed her “impact” motif into “impact structural stroke” – a technique inspired by Zen painting whereby she splashed ink onto wet xuan paper. The sphere motif, which consists of tiny pointillist dots, is a long standing feature in Chou’s works spanning her entire artistic career, and represents her devotion to attention.