Chen Ruo Bing (born 1970) is a Chinese artist whose abstract color painting merges Eastern tradition and Western contemporary art.

Life and work

Born into a family of scholars and artists, Chen Ruo Bing grew up during the Chinese

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...

. He was interested in Chinese ink wash painting, calligraphy, philosophy, and poetry. From 1988 to 1991 he was a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in

Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whi ...

. Focusing on black and white landscape painting, he explored the categories of space and time, especially the static time in Chinese art, but also the dynamic time in the

Western world The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to the various nations and state (polity), states in the regions of Europe, North America, and Oceania.

. Because of his great interest in Western philosophy and art theory he went to Germany. From 1992 to 1998 he studied painting at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he was a student of

Gotthard Graubner Gotthard Graubner (13 June 1930 – 24 May 2013) was a German painter, born in Erlbach, in Saxony, Germany. Graubner studied at the Academy of Arts, Berlin, the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts in Germany, be ...

. His professor continued teaching him "black and white" painting until he found the color for himself. In addition to the theories of

Kazimir Malevich Kazimir Severinovich Malevich ; german: Kasimir Malewitsch; pl, Kazimierz Malewicz; russian: Казими́р Севери́нович Мале́вич ; uk, Казимир Северинович Малевич, translit=Kazymyr Severynovych ...

and Wassily Kandinsky, the symbiotic aesthetics of his art has been influenced by the painting of Josef Albers,

Ad Reinhardt Adolph Dietrich Friedrich Reinhardt (December 24, 1913 – August 30, 1967) was an abstract painter active in New York for more than three decades. He was a member of the American Abstract Artists (AAA) and part of the movement centere ...

, Mark Rothko and

Barnett Newman Barnett Newman (January 29, 1905 – July 4, 1970) was an American artist. He has been critically regarded as one of the major figures of abstract expressionism, and one of the foremost color field painters. His paintings explore the sense o ...

. According to ''

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'' critic Ken Johnson, "the quiet abstract paintings by Chen Ruo Bing at Taguchi provide a contemplative respite. Working on medium-size canvases, he creates simple compositions: grids of gray boxes centered on monolithic forms and, in one case, a square delineated by four purple brush strokes on a yellow field. The main interest lies in the rich colors stained into the canvas, which glow with Rothko-esque incandescence. The work is a fine blend of formalism, hedonism and transcendentalism." The artist periodically exhibits at galleries and museums in Germany, the Netherlands, China, South Korea and Japan, and his works are presented at art fairs in Germany, the Netherlands, China, South Korea, Japan, the United States, England and Australia. In 2000, he received the Advancement Award of the Hedwig and Robert Samuel Foundation, Düsseldorf. In 2006, he was part of the Artist in Residence Program of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, Connecticut.Chen Ruo Bing
/ref> He lives and works in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...

References

External links

Sven Westernströer, "Chinesischer Künstler zeigt imposante Farbspiele", ''Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung'', July 29, 2016.Kunstmuseum Bochum: Der Maler Chen Ruo Bing, 31 July 2016—6 November 2016.
* ttp://www.taguchifineart.com/Eartists/EFCRBindex.html chen ruo bingbr>Chen Ruo Bing
* ttp://www.german-modern-art.com/k%20ruobing.html Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie: Chen Ruo Bingbr>Taguchi Fine Art: Chen Ruo Bing: New Works, October 15 - November 19, 2016
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