
WANG DONGLING: INK. SPACE. TIME.
Thu 25 May 2023 - Sun 27 August 2023
The Heong Gallery
The art of Wang Dongling (b. 1945, Rudong, Jiangsu Province, China) embodies the transformative potential of individual expression. Wang Dongling is widely recognised as one of the greatest living practitioners of Chinese calligraphy.
For over two millennia, calligraphy has been considered one of the four arts, siyi, that form the essential learning of the Chinese literati. Wang Dongling is a classically trained master calligrapher who, over a 60-year career coinciding with the development of contemporary art in China, has revitalised calligraphy for contemporary audiences.
The artworks presented are written in Wang Dongling’s radical new script style, luanshu, often translated as ‘chaos script’ or ‘entangled writing’. Luanshu places greater importance on the gestural and sensual qualities in the action of writing than on legibility. The free and dynamic curves and lines of Wang Dongling’s luanshu are grounded in, yet unencumbered by, traditional systems of expression.
For Ink. Space. Time., Wang Dongling has drawn upon the Daodejing of legendary Daoist master, Laozi, and the writings of Cambridge theoretical physicist and cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, both of which deal with the nature of the universe, space, and time. Under the hand of Wang Dongling, the texts are rendered incomprehensible, and, thereby, transcend their original meanings. Embodied in the lines, however, is a deep awareness of the cosmic and transformative power of words. The artworks represent pioneering intellectual enquiry across time and the enduring influence of ideas.
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Enquiries: Prerona Prasad Email: gallery@dow.cam.ac.uk
Timing
In person
11:45am-5:00pm Wednesday-Thursday and Saturday-Sunday every week from Thursday 25 May 2023 until Sunday 27 August 2023
All times
Thu 25 May 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 27 May 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 28 May 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 31 May 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 1 June 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 3 June 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 4 June 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 7 June 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 8 June 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 10 June 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 11 June 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 14 June 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 15 June 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 17 June 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 18 June 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 21 June 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 22 June 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 24 June 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 25 June 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 28 June 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 29 June 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 1 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 2 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 5 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 6 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 8 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 9 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 12 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 13 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 15 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 16 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 19 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 20 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 22 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 23 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 26 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 27 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 29 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 30 July 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 2 August 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 3 August 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 5 August 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 6 August 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 9 August 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 10 August 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 12 August 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 13 August 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 16 August 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 17 August 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 19 August 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 20 August 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 23 August 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 24 August 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 26 August 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 27 August 2023 | 11:45AM - 5:00PM |