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Starting from ink and wash, Wang Shuzhong dissects its traditional grammar and releases its potential as a tool for spatial perception. Amid the delicate tension between paper and ink, he no longer depicts landscapes but evokes the flow of qi and the generation of space. His paintings are like "cross-sectional diagrams of qi fields" - immeasurable, unreplicable, and temporary perceptual compositions. In his practice, "emptiness" is both the blank space in form and the openness of perception. He integrates abstract expression with Eastern spatial philosophy to construct a non-linear, non-solid visual system: lines trace the trajectory of qi, color layers weave rhythms, and blank spaces serve as mediators. He rejects image-based representation and instead captures and translates relationships. Technology in his works is not an addition but an "invisible social perception". His paintings are like the weaving of the body against algorithmic logic, attempting to reshape human perception of the hidden dimensions. Here, "emptiness" is not negation but a form of emergent existence, a folding of time, and an indeterminate state of perception.
Wang Shuzhong was born in LIngbi, Anhui province, China in 1987. He graduated from the Art Insttute, Shanghai University with a M.F.A. in Art History in 2012. He won John Moor Painting Award in the category of Contemporary Chinese Ink & Colour in 2025.
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