Title
Su Shi's Poem in Combined Regular, Running and Cursive Scripts
Creator
Year/Period
Dated 1979
Region
Singapore
Material
Chinese ink and colour on paper
Dimension
Image size: Mount: W218.5cm x H58cm,
Image size: Image: W110cm x H40.5cm
Image size: Image: W110cm x H40.5cm
Accession No.
2002-00767
Collection of
Credit Line
From the Xiang Xue Zhuang Collection in memory of Dr Tan Tsze Chor
NLB Type
Painting
Dr TanTsze Chor’s early education in China laid the foundation for his knowledge of Chinese poetry and calligraphy. He boldly broke away from tradition by using coloured ink and adopting several different scripts within a single piece of work. His writing has a strong sense of ornamentation due to their colours, combination of scripts and sometimes the use of patterned paper or silk. Here, Dr Tan transforms this poem by the famous Northern Song scholar, Su Shi (1037-1101) in a creative outburst tempered by a sense of restraint.
