Is Chinese calligraphy in a completely different world, incomparable with Western art?
Or is it similar? Send us an email Ming Wong responds: Certainly I’ve found many traditional Chinese paintings to be very ahead of its time, very ‘contemporary’ in the views expressed or how they are presented. It’s a complete art, and I think half the meaning of a work is lost to people who can’t read Chinese, or understand the rules of Chinese painting, or have a deep knowledge of the culture, which might explain its marginalised position in contemporary art, and even amongst the younger generations of Chinese people.
