Modern Ink Movement en

An art movement that took place in Hong Kong and Taiwan in the 1960s and the 1970s. In the 1960s, Lui Shoukwan, pioneer of modern ink painting in Hong Kong, brought a modernist spirit into Chinese painting while adapting the techniques of earlier masters, which became a point of departure for many of his students. In the meantime, a group of young artists in Taiwan also started to innovate ink painting, blending traditional Chinese painting theories with modern Western art. In 1971, modern ink artists from Taiwan and Hong Kong co-organized a Chinese Ink Painting Exhibition that toured from Taiwan to Hong Kong. In the same year, Liu Kuo-sung, a seminal figure of modern ink painting in Taiwan, moved to Hong Kong and taught many students until his retirement in 1992. His students held exhibitions since 1975 and founded Hong Kong Modern Ink Painting Association in 1977, the latter of which continued to promote experimentation with ink art. After the opening up of China in the late 1970s, modern ink painting had a strong impact in the People’s Republic of China as well.