Rethinking ink art (2)

（China Daily）  11:42, April 12, 2013  

The other three parts of the exhibition - New Exploration in Ink Painting, Emerging Ink, and Wash and Akin to Ink - showcase various contemporary ink paintings, and video and installation works.

Lu stresses that contemporary ink art must stay true to its origins and the basic rules of the art form.

"The basic rules of the form keeps ink art connected with its origins and saves it from being eliminated by time," Lu says.

"It will also help to build up the education system and an assessment standard of contemporary ink art," says academic supporter Ji Shaofeng.

Artist Liu Qinghe says contemporary ink art has been pushed forward in recent years.

Ji says Re-ink is the first of a series of "Re-" exhibitions. There will be Re-portrait, Re-sculpture and eventually a larger scale Re-China.