Ming-Xian Jiang

Ming-Xian Jiang (1942- ) has fully achieved the East-West synthesis that Chinese painting has pursued for the past century, adopting Western techniques to embellish traditional Eastern art. In 1988 he was invited to exhibit in Beijing and Shanghai, breaking through the cross-straits impasse in the arts and winning critical accolades. His technique embraces both East and West, and his subject matter transcends tradition – modern architecture, ancient monuments, and folk scenes rival the beauty of mountains and rivers in his works. His painterly world abounds with East Asian poetics, the vicissitudes of time and evocations of the ephemeral, embodying both the beauty of nature and the humanistic tradition. His brushwork is vigorous and unpredictable, his compositions majestic, creating powerful and wondrous realms. He integrates Eastern and Western perspective, realism, and romantic charm in a style that few modern ink-painters can equal.