TENG PU-CHUN (B. 1957)

A graduate of the National Taiwan University of Arts, Teng Pu-Chun does not confine himself to the artistic traditions of the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties; his ink landscape appropriates realistic scenes with multiple perspectives. Teng’s works exude a sense of self-imposed freedom, expressed through his unique technique of “rolled wrinkle strokes”. With his refined and skillful brushwork, Teng creates paintings that are pure and delicate; they manifest a sense of unexpected majesty. Although the artist mainly portrays natural scenes of mountains, waters and trees in an archaic atmosphere, his fantastical and illusory representation seems to transport viewers to a surreal, magical realm of the contemporary landscape beyond what is seen by the naked eye.