Artist Tong Yang-tze moved from Shanghai to Taipei in 1952 and started her career as an artist ever since. Her calligraphy works combine the text of traditional ancient Chinese characters with the form of modern art. Large-scaled and with rough inky brushstrokes, art works of Tong became the signature of the city of Tapei: you can see them everywhere including train stations, airports, bookstores, etc. Last week, Tong’s new exhibition opened in M+ Museum in Hongkong, welcoming visitors to a beautiful space in a harbourside building.
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Linda Lin · November 16, 2021 at 10:21 pm
This is a really cool post! As someone who grew up learning Chinese calligraphy, I’ve always considered the practice to be quite boring. I love how Tong Yang-tze has put a modern spin on it, and it reminds me again of how important it is to preserve our longstanding cultural traditions by allowing them to change with the times.
Rosemarie Hernandez · November 23, 2021 at 10:12 pm
This is so cool! I started studying Japanese over the summer and decided to focus more on Kanji [Chinese characters] since memorizing the characters is what often daunts Beginner Japanese learners. I learned that in writing Chinese characters, there are specific stroke orders that should be followed and I found that really interesting. It’s great to hear that the artist strives for her goal of “making calligraphy cool again”!
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