Victor Zao

Born in Jilin, China, 1964
Lives and works in Los Angeles , CA
The impossibility of Chinese art The core value of art focus on exploring the existence of the impossibility of human ideology , as well as exploring the impossibility of material properties Throughout the history of Chinese painting with more than 2 thousand years,its constant negation of impossibility has formed its own unique cultural language and material properties.The painting form survived and used so far. Victor Zao, an artist from China, his art works intended to explore the spatial value of the impossibility of Chinese traditional painting language and culture.

School Design Jiangnan University, China, graduated 1989
About Ink wash painting:
Names used in the cultures concerned include: in Traditional Chinese shuǐ mò huà (水墨畫), in Japanese sumi-e or suibokuga , in Korean sumukhwa (수묵화), and in Vietnamese tranh thuỷ mặc .
Asian aesthetic writing is generally consistent in stating the goal of ink and wash painting is not simply to reproduce the appearance of the subject, but to capture its spirit. To paint a horse, the ink wash painting artist must understand its temperament better than its muscles and bones. To paint a flower, there is no need to perfectly match its petals and colors, but it is essential to convey its liveliness and fragrance. East Asian ink wash painting may be regarded as a form of expressionistic art that captures the unseen.
East Asian ink wash painting has long inspired modern artists in the West. In his classic book Composition, American artist and educator Arthur Wesley Dow (1857–1922) wrote this about ink wash painting: "The painter ... put upon the paper the fewest possible lines and tones; just enough to cause form, texture and effect to be felt. Every brush-touch must be full-charged with meaning, and useless detail eliminated. Put together all the good poin...

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