Zao Wou-Ki, Triptyque 2000-23.12.2001: Masterpieces of Abu Dhabi

By Alexandra Munroe and Yann Hendgen

Triptyque 2000 - 23.12.2001 by Zao Wou-Ki blends traditional Chinese aesthetics with Western Modernist techniques. The work is a lyrical representation of nature that transcends visual perception.

Triptyque 2000 - 23.12.2001 by the late contemporary artist Zao Wou-Ki (1920-2013) is an important work that highlights the expressive possibilities arising from the intersection of different cultural traditions and pictorial languages, reflecting the artist's own background as a Chinese painter who settled in Paris at a relatively young age (where his work was praised by Picasso and Mir among others). Blending traditional Chinese aesthetics with Western Modernist techniques, the triptych is a lyrical representation of nature that transcends visual perception. This volume contains essays by Alexandra Munroe of the Guggenheim Museums and Foundation, who made a notable contribution to the exhibition catalogue for No Limits: Zao Wou-Ki at the Asia Society Museum in 2009, and Yann Hendgen of the Zao Wou-Ki Foundation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1836360223
• ISBN13: 9781836360223
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Kulturalis
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.