LIU KUO-SUNG (LIU GUOSONG, B. 1932)

The Sun Changing Colours and Light Revealing from the East are a remarkable examples of Liu Kuo-sung’s Space Series. Having achieved great success in his Calligraphic Abstraction Series in the 1960s, Liu was inspired by astronaut William Anders’ photograph Earthrise taken on the Apollo 8 Mission and hence began to develop his Space Series in 1968. He depicts the sun and the moon shining above the earth with broad, abstract brushstrokes representing the landmasses and oceans of the Earth, and combines his innovation in subject matter and his maturity in his abstract paintings. By the 1970s, Liu has uncovered a face of Chinese paintings that was not imagined before.