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Hilde Mertens
Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy

"the art world"
a presentation by Beatrice Taevernier
Art Basel representative
writing a letter home-exhibition
net.work by hang lung
hong kong art week, march 2025







"wei" imitation, fake, artificial, borrow
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Sending a letter home, reflections from years of living and working in Beijing. Sharing the stories that reveal moments when the familiar shifted, and all that I once knew or expected took on a different form. What appears may not be what you expect to find.
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Writing from memory and playing with Chinese writing styles.




i was born in spain, so I am a painter. but if I was born in china, i would be a calligrapher (picasso)
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