Chinese Calligraphy

My observation

On the other hand, in east Asia, calligraphy plays such a funcdamental role that one cannot imagine a well-developed culture in east Asia without calligraphy. Similarly, in the west, mathematics plays such a fundamental role that one cannot imagine a well-developed culture in the west without mathematics.

My wish is that calligraphy will eventually be developed into a basic form of fine art in the west and mathematics will eventually become a foundation of modern thinking in east Asia. The MacArthur Award to Xu Bing for his creation of an art form of English calligraphy is probably an indication that it is possible for calligraphy to become a mainstream fine art form in the west. On the other hand, the interest of some current Chinese mathematicians in more fundamental, more global and more philosophical problems without immediate applications is probably an indication that mathematics might also become fundamental in east Asia to our thinking about the nature, our society and the interaction between human being and the nature.

Solo Exhibitions

• Title Chinese Calligraphy, An Oriental Abstract Art
  • Place The Art Gallery, Busch Campus Center, Rutgers University
  • Dates October 26 -- November 8, 2003
  • Reception 12:30 pm on October 30, 2003.
  • Some Pictures
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    • Picture 2
      
    • Picture 3

• Title Chinese Calligraphy
  • Place Monroe Township Library
  • Dates September 1 -- October 1, 2002
  • Lecture 3:00 pm on October 1, 2002.
  • Some pictures
    • Exhibition
      
    • Demonstration

• Title Traditional and Modern (an online exhibition)
  • Place The online Chinese Magazine Civil Wind.
  • Dates December, 1997.

Selected Exhibitions Participated

• Calligraphy Exhibition of Shanghai Elementary and Middle School Students, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, 1976.

• Shanghai Calligraphy Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, 1981.

• Fudan University Calligraphy Exhibition, Fudan University, Shanghai, 1983.

• Calligraphy Exhibition of Shamghai University Students, Shanghai Workers Cultural Palace, 1984.

• Exhibition of Works of Members of Changlang Calligraphy Association (from China), Mason Gross School of Arts, Rutgers University, 1990.

Selected Published Works

• Selected Works of Shanghai Elementary and Middle School Students, 1977.

• Calligraphy Magazine, 1985.

• Calligraphy Education, 1990.

• Duowei Times, 2002.

• The China Press, 2003.

Selected Lectures on Calligraphy

• Union Chinese School, New Jersey, 1989.

• Liberty High School, New York City, 1993.

• Monroe Township Library, New Jersey, 2002.

• Newark Museum, New Jersey, 2004.

Membership

• Member, Shanghai Calligrapher Association, 1983 to present.

Calligraphy Works

• Erudite in culture and knowledge (This is for the East Asia Library at Rutgers University. Here is a picture of the entrance of the East Asia Library.)

• Western Suburban Grand Mansion (I did this for a luxury housing complex in the western suburban area of Shanghai. Here is a picture of the front gate of the complex. The building behind the gate is the club house.)

• On the memorial to my grandfather Bao-Yue Huang (I did this for Shanghai Fushou Memorial Park where there is a special memorial to my grandfather. A corner of the bottom part of the memorial can be seen in the upper-right corner of the picture above. Here is a picture of the memorial. The names of my grandfather, my grandmother and my father carved on the stone in the left were also my calligraphy work. Here is a more detailed picture of the text and calligrahy on this stone in the left. My home in Shanghai is now the last stop in a touring line called "Line A of Jingan Celebrity Residence Cultural Touring". Here are some pictures: Picture 1 (I am mentioned in this introduction to my grandfather), Picture 2, Picture 3, Picture 4, Picture 5 and Picture 6.)

• A man of virtue and wisdom will enjoy a long life (I did this calligraphy work for Joseph J. Kohn to present it to Lu Qikeng for his 80th Birthday. For more explanations, see this page. The picture and the website are presented by Yum-Tong Siu.)

• Poem by Li Shang-Yin (Tang Dynasty) (This work was exhibited in both exhibits above and was published in The China Press.)

• The green mountain remembers the old days, time goes by like songs (I did this for the cover of a book published in memory of a distant relative of mine.)

• May breeze (This was for a concert named ``May Breeze'' in 1995.)

• Mo Gen Yao (The original work was for a well-known exiled Chinese novelist. The work here was created from the picture of the original work using graphic softwares.)

• Hua Guang (This is the logo of Hua Guang Cultural association. It was created from an original calligraphy work using graphic softwares.)

• Shen Du (Self-examination) (Shen Du is a very important concept in Confucianism.)

• A poem by Wang Wei (Tang dynasty) (This work was exhibited in Mason Gross Art School of Rutgers University in 1989.)