Lot 267: HONG LING

HONG LING 1955 BANANA PLANTS IN THE RAIN Executed in 2007 Oil on canvas 150.5 by 250 cm.; 59 1/2 by 98 1/2 in.

The oil paintings by Hong Ling have employed the technique of overlapping ink in Chinese painting. Hong has a new understanding on the overlay of oil painting color layers. The massive colors, elegant lines, together with Western oil painting skills and traditional Eastern brushwork, These works find the focus of many contradictory elements, such as spirit and nature, the abstract and the concrete, freehand brushwork and realistic painting.