Lease of Life, 2017
"The original inspiration for my abstract work came from the Chinese ferula. When I saw those decomposed, ancient Chinese characters carved on the ferula, my thoughts and feelings about plants, life, history, culture, time, agony and so on all compounded in my being. And then in a short time, I expressed my feelings through brushwork that referred to the structure of the cell."
Jiang Weitao was born in Shanghai, China in 1975 and currently lives and works there, Jiang Weitao is a graduate of the Fine Art Academy of Shanghai. He has developed his abstract modernist technique by way of tradition. His work is a philosophical link between Chinese calligraphy, painting and poetry.