Zao Wou-Ki

Zao Wou-Ki (Zao, from his last name, Wou-Ki or Wou-ki from his first name; simplified Chinese: 赵无极; traditional Chinese: 趙無極; pinyin: Zhào Wújí), born February 1, 1920 in Beijing, and died April 9, 2013 (in 93 years old) in Nyon, is a Chinese painter and engraver naturalized French in 1964.

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Resources

Images by Zao Wou-Ki

Zao Wou-Ki - Very Very Strong Red

Zao Wou-Ki - From thought to gesture

Zao Wou-Ki, space is silence | Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris

François Michaud, "Zao Wou-Ki", Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris

"Henri Michaux and Zao Wou-Ki: in the empire of signs" | Exhibition film

Zao Wou Ki paints in his Parisian studio

Zao Wou-Ki (1/5): “Each color, each brush: there is an effect in it, there is a necessity, an explanation”

Zao Wou-Ki 2/5: "Civilization is a kind of crystal, each one adds a small surface to shine a little more"

Zao Wou-Ki (3/5): "I always try to walk around in my own painting"

Zao Wou-Ki (4/5): “When I paint, I never think about nature”

Zao Wou-Ki (5/5): “My painting is a bit like a diary for me”

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Exhibitions :

• Henri Michaux and Zao Wou-Ki in the empire of signs
• Zao Wou-Ki, It's Never Dark

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News :

• Zao Wou-Ki at the Hotel de Caumont in Aix-en-Provence – 2021-07-20