當代　郝量　此君圖　卷|The Virtuous Being

Hao Liang

2015 · Handscroll; ink and color on silk, plus research materials of mixed media · Asian Art

This work is a complex and layered homage to the history of literati gardens. The scroll begins by reimagining the most famous garden painting in Chinese history, Wang Wei’s (699–759) Wangchuan Villa, as a series of ghostly ruins. Slowly, the scroll transitions to color from black and white. The painting then shifts to an exploration of the Ming-dynasty garden of the scholar Wang Shizhen, in Taicang, Jiangsu. From there, Hao takes the viewer on a journey to the present day, where Wang’s garden, which was destroyed in the twentieth century, has been rebuilt. The new garden features a garish Ferris wheel, which Hao shows spinning off its axis and spewing its cars across the scroll, across boundaries of space and time.

Artist

Hao Liang

Date

2015

Medium

Handscroll; ink and color on silk, plus research materials of mixed media

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Anonymous Gifts, 2017