Friday, January 16, 2015

PART 1---LIU KUO-SUNG, UNIVERSALLY CELEBRATED AS THE FATHER OF MODERN CHINESE BRUSH STROKES, ATTENDED THE LAUNCH OF HIS EXHIBITION "REVOLUTION/RENAISSANCE---THE ART OF LIU KUO-SUNG" TONIGHT 16 JANUARY 2015 AT MOCA (MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART) IN SINGAPORE

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THE MALAYSIAN CONTINGENT WAS THE BIGGEST GROUP HEADED BY VIP GUEST OF HONOUR DATO MAHADZIR LOKMAN THE CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL VISUAL ARTS GALLERY OF KUALA LUMPUR.

OTHER VIPS INCLUDED IMPORTANT ART COLLECTOR DATO MARCUS TAN SER LAY, A MALAYSIAN TYCOON SPECIALISING IN BUILDING HOSPITALS WHO IS NOW COMPLETING HIS OWN ART GALLERY IN BANGSAR, KUALA LUMPUR AS WELL AS FELLOW MALAYSIAN WILLIAM CHUA WHO IS ALSO AN ARDENT ART AFICIONADO.

THE TAIWAN HEAD OF MISSION GAVE A SPEECH. SO DID THE INDONESIAN AMBASSADOR DR ANDRI HADI AND DATO MAHADZIR LOKMAN WHO IS PLANNING TO HOLD LIU KUO-SUNG'S PAINTING EXHIBITION IN NATIONAL VISUAL ARTS GALLERY IN KL IN THE MIDDLE OF 2015.
 
MOCA  
27A Loewen Road
 Singapore 248839  T: +65 6479 6622   E: info@mocaloewen.sg 
  
   Revolution/
  Renaissance
   The
  Art
  of
  Liu
  Kuo-­‐Sung
   Touring
  Exhibition
  in
  Asia
   
Liu Kuo-Sung Grand Solo SEA (South East Asia) Tour – Revolution/ Renaissance  
Date   : 17th January – 1st March 2015  Opening Date &Time : 16th January, 7pm Co-Organizer  : LINDA GALLERY  Organizer             : MoCA@Loewen Venue   : MoCA@Loewen        27A Loewen Road, Singapore 248839                         

 
 
 
  
27A Loewen Road
 Singapore 248839  T: +65 6479 6622   E: info@mocaloewen.sg 
    
     Singapore, 13th November 2014 – MoCA@Loewen is honored to present the Art 
Talk - Grand Solo SEA (South East Asia) Exhibition Tour by master Chinese ink 
painter Liu Kuo-Sung with the title of Revolution/ Renaissance – The Art of Liu 
Kuosung.  

     Liu Kuo-Sung (1932) was born in Shandong, China. He graduated from Taiwan 
Normal University in 1956. Liu Kuo-Sung achieved many breakthroughs and 
revealed a constant pursuit of changes in his artistic career. He founded the Fifth 
Moon Group and initiated a trend of modernist art in Taiwan. During the early stages 
of the Republic of China, His slogan at that time was “Modernization of Chinese 
Painting”, he aimed to begin a revolution of Chinese painting and establish a new 
tradition for Chinese painting in the 20th century. Liu’s fusion of ancient Chinese ink 
painting makes flexible use of multivariate techniques and his new style of “Modern 
Chinese Ink painting” made him the most renowned artist of contemporary ink.  

     As the father of “Modern Ink Painting” and the pioneer of “Modern Chinese 
Painting”, Liu has made great contribution to modern ink painting. In this exhibition, 
he formed a new ink and wash symbol system, turning away from the traditional 
“Rthetoric of the Line” that emphasized the black lines to express what he called 
“Tension of the White Line”. Most of the lines in his paintings are white lines on 
black mountains or black rocks – all of which has symbolic meaning – in a “white for 
objects, black for background” mode. In his latest series, the combination of 
techniques for water and sun/ moon has achieved the highest peak in his artistic career. 
All the inventions and techniques expressed comprehensively in one  
  
     The exhibition will be toured in four art museums across Asia, started from 
National History museum of Taiwan, continues at MoCA@Loewen, Singapore and 
National Museum of Jakarta, ends at National Visual Arts Gallery of Kuala Lumpur. 

Up to date, this exhibition is considered the largest show of Liu Kuo-Sung. The 
exhibition consists over 80 masterpieces of his recent artworks. The exhibition will 
bring the revolutionary ink painting experience to collectors and art enthusiasts. The 
exhibition is free to public; it will last till 1st March 2015.   

About MoCA@Loewen:  
The Museum of Contemporary Arts was established by Linda Gallery after attaining the location under the Request-for-Interest (RFI) for the development of integrated museum and art facilities (IMAF) through an inter-agency Committee chaired by the National Heritage Board (NHB) with members from the Singapore Land Authority (SLA), Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) back in mid-2009.  Its vision is to be a centre for bringing the public the very finest of contemporary art from across the region. As the only museum in Singapore devoted entirely to exhibiting contemporary works of art, continuously hosting a variety of cutting –edge exhibitions and an eclectic collection of contemporary sculptures, MoCA@Loewen has placed itself as one of the most cognizant museums that provides an array of artworks that reflect the present trends and developments of the Asian art world. Set in the lush surrounds of Loewen Road, the cutting-edge artworks contrast magnificently with the colonial-era building in which they are housed in.  

MoCA@Loewen is located at 27A LOEWEN ROAD SINGAPORE 248839. OPEN TO PUBLIC DAILY FROM 11AM TO 7PM  
  
27A Loewen Road
 Singapore 248839  T: +65 6479 6622   E: info@mocaloewen.sg 

 Awards and Honors 1965 One of the judges of The Fifth National Art Exhibition, Taiwan 1966 First artist from Taiwan to receive the John D. Rockerfeller III Foundation grant to travel around the world for two years 1968 Named Taiwan’s “Ten Outstanding Youths”. 1969 Awarded First Prize for painting at Mainstream ’69, Marietta, Ohio USA 1972 Member of Taiwan selection committee for Taiwan entries to Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil 1976 Elected as Asian representative to the International Art Education Association 1977 The only Asian artist among the eight official painters for Commonwealth Print Portfolio, University of Alberta, Canada. 

1978 Member of organising and planning committee of Taipei Fine Arts Museum 

1979 Received fulfilment award by the International Meditation Society, Hong Kong 

1984 Awarded Special Achievement Prize at the 6th National Art Exhibition, Beijing, China 

1986 Received special prize at the Exhibition of International Art of Suiboku, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Japan 

1991 Received the “Modern Painting Achievenment Award” from the Li Zhongsheng Foundation 

2002 Awarded the “Outstanding Alumni” by Taiwan National Normal University. Invited by Chinese University of Hong Kong as visiting scholar 

2004 Awarded “Hornorary Professor” by the Taiwan Fine Arts University 

2005 Appointed as Honorary Director for Shanghai DuoLen Museum in China 

2006 Invited by Harvard University and gave speech on “My Innovation Theory and Practice”. 

2007 “The Universe In The Mind: A Retrospective Of Liu Guosong’s 60 Years of Paintings” Exhibition held at The Palace Museum in Beijing. 

2008 Awarded Taiwan’s “National Award for Arts”, presented by Taiwan President Ma Yin-Jiu. 

2010 Awarded “Chair Professor” by Taiwan National Normal University. Awarded “honorary Doctorate” by the World Academy of Arts 2011 Awarded China Arts Award “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the Chinese National Academy of Arts 

2013 Liu Guo Song Modern Ink Art Gallery was established by Shangdong Provincial Museum and permanently exhibited. 

2014 Invited by Stanford University and gave speech on “Innovation through the Challenge: The Creation of My Landscapes”.  Honored by Asia Society Hong Kong. Awarded “Global Outstanding Chinese Award” by Global Chinese Organization.   
 
Selected Public Collections ASIA Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung National Museum of History, Taipei Taipei Fine Arts Museum National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts Hong Kong Museum of Art The Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Museum National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Philippines National Art Gallery, Malaysai The Palace Museum, Beijing National Art Museum of China, Beijing Shanghai Art Museum Guangdong Provincial Art Museum, Guangzhou He Xiangning Art Museum, Shen Zhen Three Gorges Museum, Chongqing Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, Nanjing Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou Hubei Provincial Museum, Wuchang Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha Ya Ming Art Museum, Hefei Shangdong Provincial Art Museum, Jinan Shangdong Provincial Museum, Jinan Qingdao Art Museum Qingdao Museum Chengdu Modern Art Museum Ningxia Museum, Yinchuan Gansu Provincial Art Museum, Lanzhou  
USA Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri Asian House Art Gallery, New York Phoenix Art Museum Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida San Diego Museum of Art Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, California The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art Seattle Art Museum Denver Art Museum Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado Peabody Essex Musuem, Salem, Massachusetts Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Museums Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota  

The University of Arizona Museum of Art Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University Chase Fine Arts Center, Utah State University Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University Florida Presbyterian College, St. Petersburg, Florida St. Lawrence university Art Gallery, Canton, New York Rio Hondo Junior College Art Gallery, Whittier, California  
Europe British Museum, London, England Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol, England Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, Germany Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne, Germany Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin, Germany Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany Museum Rieterg, Zurich, Switzerland Universia degli Studi di Messina, Italy   
   
ANNEX 3  Selected Solo Exhibitions 1965 Taiwan Museum of Art, Taiwan   1966 Laguna Beach Museum of Art, California USA Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA   1967 Lee Nordness Galleries, New York, USA Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Missouri, USA Georgia University Art Gallery, Athens, Georgia USA   1968 The Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA The Luz Gallery, Makati, Rizal, The Philippines   1969 The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Texas, USA National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan St Mary’s College Art Gallery, Nortre Dame, Indiana USA   1970 Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst, Koln, Germany Joslyn Art Museum, Omoha, Nebraska, USA San Diego Museum of Art, California USA   1971 Museum for Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, Germany Hugh Moss Ltd., London, England Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, England   1972 Art Museum At the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah USA Utah State University Art Gallery, Logan, Utah USA Brigham Young University Museum, Provo, Utah USA Galerie Hans Hoeppner, Hamburg, Germany  1973 Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong San Diego Museum of Art, California USA Frank Caro Company, New York, USA 1974 Laky Gallery, Carmel, California USA 1975 Colorado Springs Fine Arts Centre, Colorado USA M.M. Shinno Gallery, Los Angeles, California USA 1976 Ulrich Museum of Arts, Wichita, Kansas USA Museum of Ohio University, Atnens, Ohio USA 1977 Plymouth State College Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, Plymouth, New Hampshire USA 1978 East and West Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Greenhill Galleries, North Adelaide, South Australia Churchill Gallery, Perth, Western Australia 1979 Play House Art Gallery, Canberra, Australia Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, Germany 1980 Ulrich Museum of Arts, Wichita, Kansas USA University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona, USA Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, California USA Museum of Ohio University, Athens, Ohio USA 1981 Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio USA UMC Fine Art Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado USA Gallerie Andree, Costa Mesa, California USA 1982 Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah USA 1983 National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, Nanjing, China Heilongjiang Provincial Art Gallery, Harbin, China 
  
 Hubei Provincial Art Exhibition Gallery, Wuhan, China Guangdong Art Institute Gallery, Guangzhou, China 1984 Shanghai Museum of Art, China Shangdong Provincial Art Gallery, Jinan, China Zhejiang Exhibition Hall, Hangzhou, China Fuzhou May 1st Plaza Central Hall, Fuzhou, China 1985 Hong Kong Arts Centre Museu Luis de Camoes, Leal Senado de Macau 1986 Art Gallery of Shanxi Artists Association, Sian, Shanxi, China Youth Palace, Lanzhou, Gansu, China Urumqi City Exhibition Hall, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China Cultural Palace, Chongqing, Sichuan, China University Art Exhibition Hall, Southwest University, Chongqing, Sichuan, China 1987 National Painting Museum of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, China University Art Gallery, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China 1988 Weifang Museum, Weifang, Shangdong, China 1989 Ubersee-Museum, Bremen, Germany 1990 Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan 1992 National Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan 1994 Lung Men Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 1996 National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan G.Zen50 Art Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 1997 He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China Modern Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan 1998 Modern Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan 1999 National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taiwan 2000 Art Center, National Central University, Taiwan Goehuis Contemporary, New York, USA 2001 Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, Chengdu, Sichuan, China 2002 “The Universe in the Mind: A Retrospective of Liu Kuo-sung at 70” Tour in China National History Museum, Beijing, China Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong, China 2003 Cultural Centre of Taichung, Taiwan Shangdong Qingdao Museum, China Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong 2004 Hong Kong Museum of Art Taiwan Exhibition Tour organized by Taiwan Soka Association 2005 Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore Academia Sinica, Taipei 2006 Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou, China Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha, China 2007 “The Universe in the Mind: 60 Years of Painting by Liu Guo Song” Palace Museum, Beijing, China Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China 2008 Galerie 75 Faubourg, Paris, France 2009 “The Universe in the Mind: Liu Guo Song 60 Years Retrospective Exhibition” Hubei Provincial Museum, Wuhan, China Ningxia Museum, China 
  

Three Gorges Museum, Chongqing, China Ya Ming Art Museum, Anhui, China National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei 2010 Goehuis Contemporary, London, England Taipei City Government Art Gallery, Taiwan 2011 “A Creation Exhibition by Liu Guo Song- Looking Back at 80” National Art Museum of China, Beijing 2012 “A Man of East, West, South and North” National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan 2013 “60 Years of Imparting Art – Liu Guo Song Modern Ink Art” The General Association of Chinese Culture, Taipei, Taiwan Permanent Exhibited in The Art Gallery of Modern Chinese Paintings by Liu Guosong, Shangdong Provincial Museum 2014 “50 Years after the Revolution against the Brush: The Art of Liu Kuo-sung” National Museum of History
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SIGNAGE ANNOUNCING LIU KUO-SUNG'S EXHIBITION IN SINGAPORE FOLLOWED BY JAKARTA 
 THE EXHIBITION IS ORGANISED BY MOCA (MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART) AND LINDA GALLERY OWNED BY LINDA MA
 MOCA
 ENTRANCE TO MOCA
 ARRIVAL OF LIU KUO-SUNG AT RIGHT  WITH ALI KUSNO FUSIN
 CHNG HUCK THENG AND FAMOUS ARTIST LIU KUO-SUNG THE FATHER OF MODERN INK PAINTING

 FATHER OF MODERN INK PAINTING THAT FUSES EAST AND WEST LIU KUO-SUNG



 CHNG HUCK THENG, LIU KUO-SUNG AND ALI KUSNO FUSIN


 DATO MAHADZIR LOKMAN JOINS IN
 DATIN SANDRA LEE, BIG FAN AND COLLECTOR OF LIU KUO-SUNG'S PAINTINGS AND LIU KUO-SUNG
 DATIN SANDRA LEE IS FROM IPOH, PERAK AND IS OPENING HER OWN MUSEUM SOON!

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND LIU KUO-SUNG
 DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND FATHER OF MODERN INK PAINTING
 DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND FATHER OF MODERN CHINESE INK PAINTING
 MONUMENTAL WORK
 BELOW ARE IMAGES OF LIU KUO-SUNG'S FABULOUS AND DEEPLY MOVING PAINTINGS THAT COST AROUND RM 100,000 TO OVER RM 1.5 MILLION































































 SINGAPORE'S BEAUTY QUEENS BETTY YU, ANGELA TAY AND KENNY
 BETTY YU, ANGELA TAY AND KENNY
 HOT LEGS
 AND NOW, BACK TO THE PAINTINGS AFTER THE DELIGHTFUL DIVERSION







 DATIN SANDRA LEE AT RIGHT WITH FRIEND
 DATIN SANDRA LEE BOUGHT THIS PAINTING FOR AROUND RM 1.5 MILLION!
 DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND CHNG HUCK THENG
 GUESTS
 VIPS ATTENDING THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH





 INDONESIAN AMBASSADOR DR ANDRI HADI, LINDA MA AND TAIWAN HEAD OF MISSION
 SIZZLING IN RED



 INDONESIAN AMBASSADOR DR ANDRI HADI GIVING SPEECH

 MALAYSIAN CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL VISUAL ARTS GALLERY DATO MAHADZIR LOKMAN GIVING HIS INSIGHTFUL SPEECH
 DATO MAHADZIR LOKMAN THANKING MRS AND MR LIU KUO-SUNG










 TAIWAN HEAD OF MISSION

 ARTIST LIU KUO-SUNG GIVING SPEECH



THE STUNNINGLY GORGEOUS LINDA MA WHO OWNS LINDA GALLERY AT DEMPSEY ROAD IN SINGAPORE AS WELL AS IN JAKARTA AND BEIJING 
 SIZZLING IN RED
 LINDA MA'S FLAWLESS BEAUTY AND FAIR SKIN IS THE ENVY OF ALL
 SMOULDERING AND SEXY!
 RAVISHING IN RED
 LINDA MA AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE
 LINDA MA AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE
SPECTACULAR DUO





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