“Ink Roamings” presents works on paper by the contemporary Chinese artist Jianfeng Pan (*1973) of the past decade, ranging from small album to monumental scroll formats. Born into a family of scholar artists, Pan early on became adept in handling the classical Chinese materials of brush, ink, and paper, later studying under the renowned calligrapher Wang Dongling (*1945). After graduation in Visual Communication at the China Academy of Arts, Hangzhou, Pan over a long period worked in Shanghai as a graphic designer. Since 2016, he has been living in “self-exile” in Finland, where he devotes himself entirely to calligraphic, respectively, ink art.
Pan’s multiversal work is deeply rooted in China’s historical arts of writing and painting as well as shaped by his eclectic visions as a graphic artist. His migration from East Asia to Northern Europe is powerfully reflected in a, literally un-homely, graffiti-esque visual language that unites Daoist philosophical traditions of “Unrestrained Roaming” with motifs borrowed from the Scandinavian natural landscape. With his self-description as a “Social Calligrapher,” Pan shapes his creative practice of Radical Ink, respectively, Mindful Ink: calligraphy as a contemporary medium and endeavor that promotes human communication and spiritual growth across society and cultures. The exhibition opens with a live action-writing performance by the internationally distinguished artist.
SUPPORTED BY
Orientstiftung zur Förderung der Ostasiatischen Kunst
Fördererkreis des Museums für Ostasiatische Kunst Köln
Image: Jianfeng Pan (*1973), Northern Ocean (detail), 2023, xuan paper on ink, 138 x 204 cm. Photo: © Jianfeng Pan
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Opening times
Tuesday to Sunday
11am – 5pm
Every first Thursday in the month
11am – 10pm
Closed Mondays; open on All Saints' Day
Museum is closed on December 24th, Christmas Day (25 Dec), New Year's Eve (31 Dec) and New Year's Day (1 Jan). Museum is opend on Easter Monday, Whit Monday, German Unity Day and December 26.
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Admission prices
€ 7,50 /reduced € 4,50
from 20 June
€ 9,50 /reduced € 5,50
KölnTag on the first Thursday of the month (except public holidays): free admission to the Museum for all Cologne residents.
more
How to get here
Public transport: Tram routes 1 and 7 and bus route 142, alight at ‘Universitätsstrasse’
There is a car park at the museum
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Barrier-free
The museum is barrier-free. Disabled toilet available.
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Museum für
Ostasiatische Kunst Köln
Universitätsstrasse 100
D 50674 Köln
Ticket office +49.221.221-28617
mok@museenkoeln.de
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