Location: United States
Xunmu Wu was born in 1947. He began teaching himself to paint at 47, with the simple aim of looking back on his early years as a shepherd and recording his reflections on life. Through oil and ink, he explores how living beings relate to the earth and sky, how the past meets the future, and what lies beyond the known.
A selection of five oil paintings on canvas from Xunmu Wu’s Gate of sky-Echo of the sky series.
Blue-green, bright yellow, black, white and grey-brown intertwine across these paintings. Layers of paint in varying thicknesses and flowing lines create a rich visual texture. Horizontal and vertical compositions offer different senses of space and visual rhythm.
Official website: https://wuxunmu.com/
“Gate of sky-Echo of the sky 346”
Xunmu Wu. Oil on canvas, 129 × 229 cm (width × height).
“Gate of sky-Echo of the sky 359”
Xunmu Wu. Oil on canvas, 129 × 229 cm (width × height).
“Gate of sky-Echo of the sky 363”
Xunmu Wu. Oil on canvas, 129 × 229 cm (width × height).
“Gate of sky-Echo of the sky 347”
Xunmu Wu. Oil on canvas, 229 × 129 cm (width × height).
“Gate of sky-Echo of the sky 361”
Xunmu Wu. Oil on canvas, 229 × 129 cm (width × height).
