Cai Yulong Exhibition
Ink Rhyme... Mountains and Mountains Beyond

April 11, 2015 - April 29, 2015 (National Holiday)

10:00am-6:30pm
Tuesdays (open by appointment), Closed: Wednesdays (but open on 29th)

Exhibits: About 30 ink paintings

Mountains and Mountains Beyond 　　　Cai Yulong

Tsai Yulong, whose pseudonym is Kyoso Kujun, was born in Jiayi Prefecture, Taiwan in 1952 and currently resides in Shanghai. He has devoted himself wholeheartedly to the creation of the culture of calligraphy and painting, and has established his own unique style. In recent years, he has been frequently invited to participate in exhibitions in China, Japan, Europe, and the United States, where he has won recognition.

As the Japanese art historian Yusaku Masuda has said, "Daikoku is like me" (Note 1), "[His works] are not handwritten calligraphy. You can feel the rhythm and time of his body, which he wrote with his whole body and soul using the medium's brushstrokes. If you listen carefully, you can hear the rhythm of the sound made by the friction between the brush and the paper.

The "Idea" will disappear from those who no longer write. In light of this critical situation, the presence of Tsai Yulong's calligraphy, which is deepening the depth of writing with a brush in Shanghai, is extremely significant. We must discuss the aesthetics of handwriting, not only in the Chinese character cultural circle, but throughout the world. This is also a problem of paintings that have been dismantled.

(Note 1) Tsai Yulong's collection of paintings "Kyoso Kujun"