Overview

Self-taught, Fung Ming Chip is primarily an artist of the word: essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, Zhuan-Ke (seal carving) and Shu-Fa (calligraphy). He was born in Guangdong, raised in Hong Kong and moved to New York City in his mid-20s. Sensing the artist within since childhood, his encounter with visual arts in Manhattan and beyond re-awakened this spirit.

 

Time and space are the two hands on a clock in Fung’s decades long engagement with Shu-Fa. Fung is determined to expand the possibility of ink by experimenting with modernized methods – deconstructing and reassembling lines and strokes, playing with different ink tones and compositional arrangements. Over the past three decades, Fung has created more than a hundred unique script styles, reinventing traditional calligraphy with a novel and radical vision.

 

Key solo exhibitions include “20Hz - 20KHz”, Galerie du Monde, HK (2021); “MEME”, Galerie du Monde, HK (2017); “Shu-Fa Sutra”, Galerie du Monde, HK (2015); “To Be & Not to Be”, The Private Museum, Singapore (2012); “Rational Line”, University of Cambridge, UK (2004); “Fung Ming Chip”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan (1999). Fung’s works belong to many prominent museum collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, USA; Ashmolean Museum, UK; Asian Art Museum, USA; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong; Los Angeles County Museum of Arts, USA; Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA; among others. Fung currently lives and works in Hong Kong.

Works
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, 16H22, 2016
    16H22, 2016
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, 59' Gibson 335, 2019
    59' Gibson 335, 2019
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, Any Wish Comes True 得心應手, 1992
    Any Wish Comes True 得心應手, 1992
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, Applied Ideogram Series 符號應用系列-龜殼、天然石、牛骨, 1994
    Applied Ideogram Series 符號應用系列-龜殼、天然石、牛骨, 1994
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, Bold Black Script, Night 冷清粗黑字, 2001
    Bold Black Script, Night 冷清粗黑字, 2001
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, Bold Black Script, The Rules 愛情粗黑字, 2012
    Bold Black Script, The Rules 愛情粗黑字, 2012
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, Form Sand Script, Departure I 出發定型沙字I, 2015
    Form Sand Script, Departure I 出發定型沙字I, 2015
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, Frame by Frame / Ndalada, 2019
    Frame by Frame / Ndalada, 2019
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, Gray Black Script, From the Diary 黑灰字-日記, 2011
    Gray Black Script, From the Diary 黑灰字-日記, 2011
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, Light Script, Heart Sutra 光字心經, 2011
    Light Script, Heart Sutra 光字心經, 2011
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, Music Script 1, Still Night 靜夜音樂字, 2015
    Music Script 1, Still Night 靜夜音樂字, 2015
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, Progress of Phenomena 現象的過程, 1990
    Progress of Phenomena 現象的過程, 1990
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, Rubbing Script, “Thunder…” 天打拓字, 2014
    Rubbing Script, “Thunder…” 天打拓字, 2014
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, Sand Script, Departure 飛機沙字, 2015
    Sand Script, Departure 飛機沙字, 2015
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, Three Generations 三代同堂, 1992
    Three Generations 三代同堂, 1992
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, Time Script, Departure 三萬順時字, 2015
    Time Script, Departure 三萬順時字, 2015
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, Vangelis / Himalaya 1, 2019
    Vangelis / Himalaya 1, 2019
  • Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋, Vangelis / Himalaya 5, 2019
    Vangelis / Himalaya 5, 2019
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