Wu Changshuo (top and bottom)

Author: Zi Du, Su Dexi (editors)
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Learning from nature, capturing the essence of artistic expression, vibrant artistic spirit, showcasing brushwork on paper, exploring the profound and subtle, measuring the hidden and mysterious, harmonizing the four seasons, achieving the same effect as the six classics, envisioning the timeless value of a single stroke, capturing countless transformations in a fleeting gaze, half a plot of Chinese cabbage and chrysanthemums as elegant offerings, and a wall filled with landscapes as a journey of contemplation. Through the ages, one gazes upon the artwork and reflects, immersing themselves in its spiritual realm, inspiring lofty sentiments. The art does not fall into the realm of mere freshness or thinness, nor into the realm of gaudy and vulgar aesthetics. With bold and decisive strokes, he uses bold red and green to achieve complex color variations that ancient masters never attained. He can be considered a master of color in freehand flower painting. – Pan Tianshou on Wu Jingshuo’s paintings
Mr. Changshuo excels in both calligraphy and painting, and is particularly adept at integrating calligraphic techniques into his art. Although his works may appear rough and unrefined, they possess the profound and mellow charm of stone and metal, with the strength to bear immense weight. Scholars who fail to grasp his essence, however, may only see the pink and green, hastily and wildly applying colors, only to miss the mark by a thousand miles. – Yu Jianhua on Wu Changshuo