Wang Tiande: Not Yet Defined: Opening July 25th, 4:30-6:30pm

Internationally recognized for redefining the possibilities of ink painting and calligraphy, Wang Tiande has established a practice that bridges traditional Chinese aesthetics and contemporary conceptual art. Wang is best known for his burned landscapes on layered paper specially commissioned by a traditional papermaking workshop in an ancient village along the Fuchun River in Zhejiang Province. Using a lit incense stick, he burns intricate networks of marks through layered sheets of handmade paper or silk, allowing absence rather than ink to construct mountains, rivers, and calligraphic forms. Fire’s destructive capabilities are used in this way to create something altogether new through the gesture of erasure.

For Wang, artistic creation remains an open-ended process rather than a destination. Works evolve through revision and reconsideration rather than progressing toward a final, conclusive state. The exhibition's title, Not Yet Defined, reflects this understanding of creativity as an open condition of becoming. "Life is a continual repetition of our own experiences," Wang says. "Not Yet Defined is a process of being repeatedly moved by oneself and wounded by oneself; artistic creation is much the same."

The works in Not Yet Defined continue Wang’s navigation between tradition and transformation through a series of new landscapes composed with ink, Chinese pigments, and layered handmade paper burned with incense.

An opening reception for Not Yet Defined will be held on July 25, 2026, from 4:30–6:30 pm. The exhibition will remain on view through September 5, 2026.