Publisher's Synopsis
T'ang Haywen (1927-1991) belongs to the second generation of Chinese artists who settled in Paris after WWII. With Zao Wou-Ki (1920-2013) and Chu Teh-Chun (1920-2014) he is considered as the inventor of a new pictural language between abstraction and figuration, between East and West. But T'ang is known for his detachment from all materialistic concerns leading to his early return to the medium of ink. Indeed in the late 1960s T'ang started to paint in recurring formats and adopted his famous diptych format for which he is now recognised. Indeed, no other painter has systematically used the diptych format as T'ang did it. This format obtained by the juxtaposition of two sheets separated by a line creates a window, a space of freedom for the most direct and immediate expression of his feelings. The diptych. This process is embodied in poetic transpositions worthy of the greatest creators of the 20th century. Text in Chinese.
