Artist: Ping Hao
Title: Thinking
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10/01/2005 Title Thinking Artist Hao Ping born 1952 Signature Signed and numbered by the artist in pencil. Dated 2004 Technique/Medium Woodcut Impression Printed in oil-based inks on a pliable, Chinese paper of middle thickness. Edition Size 80 Numbered 10/80 Description "Thinking" We have no idea how Hao Ping approaches the design of a new print image. He must either be a natural genius or he follows some architectural approach, building a design step by step like an architect who designs a new building. The result is an astonishing equilibrium of complimentary colors, flat areas of different sizes, and always a certain compositional dynamic. The impression of "thinking" is achieved completely by the gesture of the oversized hand leaning towards the chin. Even the foot underlines the sentiment of thinking - it looks like bent against the body in a certain inner tension. Note Hao Ping is one of the 60 contemporary Chinese woodblock artists selected for the collection of the London based Muban Foundation. Width 19.5 inches = 49.5 cm Height 19.5 inches = 49.5 cm Width of Image 15.0 inches = 38.0 cm Height of Image 15.0 inches = 38.0 cm Literature Christer Von der Burg, "The Art of Contemporary Chinese Woodcuts", Muban Foundation, 2003, ISBN: 0954604814, - pages 136/137
