WEI LIGANG (B. 1964)

Wei Ligang’s gold-ink cursive series is deeply rooted in the cursive calligraphy of the renowned late Ming calligrapher Fu Shan, and various types of scripts such as the Oracle bones script, the clerical script, and the regular script which were developed in China over the past three millennia. His work encapsulates both writing (shu) and image (xiang); and the image component of his work is inspired by randomised elements in life such as a tree branch, a phoenix or a primitive symbol such as an arrow. As Wei pays tribute to the thousand-year-old Chinese calligraphic tradition, his clever and bold composition and brushstrokes give his writing-image a distinct contemporary outlook.
Wei Ligang, born in 1964 in Shanxi, was originally trained in Mathematics at Nankai University in Tianjin. Since 1985, he has held solo and group exhibitions in China and overseas, including institutions such as the National Art Museum of China and the Shanghai Museum of Art. He has lived and worked in Beijing since 1995.