Fung Ming Chip 馮明秋 Guangdong, China, b. 1951
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. Responding with his unique approach to the written word, he undertook exploring Zhuan-ke (seal carving) and Shu-fa (Chinese calligraphy).
Much of Fung’s work has explored ideograms and pictographs – particularly Chinese characters – and investigated how meaning is transmitted in written languages through a combination of form and sound. These ideas lie at the heart of much of Fung’s work, including steles, sculptures, Shu-fa and ink paintings, seal carvings, engravings on mixed media and stop-motion animation in this exhibition.
Since he began working as an artist in the 1970s, Fung has repeatedly analyzed the visual and conceptual possibilities of individual Chinese characters by experimenting with lines, strokes, compositional arrangement and materials, respectfully pushing the boundaries of this traditional medium.
Among his many international exhibitions, Fung had a major solo retrospective at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum in 1999. He was artist in residence at Cambridge University, and his work is included in major private and institutional collections around the world, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, White Rabbit Collection, Sydney and Israel Museum, Jerusalem. He has also been active as a painter, photographer, and sculptor. In 2008, he created Les Poemes du Mandarin tableware pattern for Hermes. Fung currently resides in Hong Kong.
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16H10, 2016
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16H22, 2016
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Any Wish Comes True 得心應手, 1992
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Applied Ideogram Series 符號應用系列-龜殼、天然石、牛骨, 1994
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Bold Black Script, Night 冷清粗黑字, 2001
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Form Sand Script, Departure I 出發定型沙字I, 2015
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Gray Black Script, From the Diary 黑灰字-日記, 2011
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Light Script, Heart Sutra 光字心經, 2011
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Music Script 1, Still Night 靜夜音樂字, 2015
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Progress of Phenomena 現象的過程, 1990
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Rubbing Script, “Thunder…” 天打拓字, 2014
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Sand Script, Departure 飛機沙字, 2015
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Scatter Script, Landscape A 一篇散字扇面, 2006
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Shadow Script, Heart Sutra 影字心經扇面, 1997
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Shopping Mall Rubbing Script 血拼拓字, 2016
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Three Generations 三代同堂, 1992
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Time Script, Departure 三萬順時字, 2015
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Tunnel Script, Altered Consciousness of Sakura 慾欲通道字-吃藥賞櫻記, 2012
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Embody
Roland Biermann, Cheung Yee, Irene Chou, Fung Ming Chip, Michael Müller, Stella Zhang 18 Sep - 19 Oct 2019Galerie du Monde is pleased to present group exhibition 'Embody', in exploration of the representation of body forms in contemporary art through iconic works of six artists: Roland Biermann, Cheung...Read more -
Forms of Ink
Irene Chou, Fung Ming Chip, Lan Zhenghui, Li Gang, Li Hao, C. N. Liew, Lin Yusi, Qin Chong and Qin Feng 11 Jul - 16 Sep 2019Galerie du Monde is pleased to present “Forms of Ink”, a curated exhibition of conceptual ink art featuring 9 artists – Irene Chou, Fung Ming Chip, Lan Zhenghui, Li Gang,...Read more -
Contemporary Calligraphy
Katherine Xiao, Fung Ming Chip and Qin Feng 3 Aug - 3 Sep 2018Galerie du Monde is pleased to present “Contemporary Calligraphy”, a curated exhibition featuring 3 ink artists -- Katherine Xiao, Fung Ming Chip and Qin Feng. The exhibition on view through...Read more -
Fung Ming Chip - MEME
2 Jun - 15 Jul 2017Galerie du Monde is pleased to announce a solo exhibition revealing the continued development of Chinese artist Fung Ming Chip (b. 1951, Guangdong, China). This exhibition, MEME, will provide a comprehensive insight into Fung’s decades-long exploration of the history and philosophy of the written word.Read more -
Fung Ming Chip - SHU-FA SUTRA
11 Nov - 31 Dec 2015Galerie du Monde is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of work by Chinese artist Fung Ming Chip, which runs from 11 November – 31 December 2015. The primary focus of this exhibition will be Fung Ming Chip’s calligraphy which he has been practicing since 1976. In addition, the artist’s extensive collection of hand-carved seals will also be displayed, each one a unique art work. 25 new calligraphy works created by the artist are brought together in this exhibition, showcasing his redefinition of Chinese calligraphy as a contemporary art form, while still embracing its traditional elements. It is this unique practice that has seen Fung Ming Chip’s work included in some of the most important collections of Chinese calligraphy around the world.Read more
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Fung Ming Chip
Hong Kong Artist Spotlight - Interview by ARTPower December 7, 2020Fung Ming Chip is a self-taught artist but also a writer and poet. His ongoing exploration on Chinese seal carving and calligraphy started when he...Read more -
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Permanent Collection, Art Institute of Chicago August 31, 2020Galerie du Monde is delighted to announce that Hong Kong artist Fung Ming Chip's 3-part work 'Light Line Script' (2003) has been acquired by the...Read more -
Fung Ming Chip
"Post Marijuana, Sand Script" Featured in the Arts of China Gallery at the Brooklyn Museum October 25, 2019The Brooklyn Museum’s Arts of China and Arts of Japan galleries are scheduled to reopen on October 25, 2019 after a major six year renovation...Read more -
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Asia Art Archive Annual Fundraiser October 22, 2018Alexandra Seno interviews Fung Ming Chip ahead of the 2018 Asia Art Archive Annual Fundraiser, uncovering his artistic process and inspiration. Read more: https://www.cobosocial.com/dossiers/art/fung-ming-chip-milk-and-ink/Read more -
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Fung Ming Chip in The Brooklyn Museum Collection September 1, 2018Arts of Asia explored the collection of contemporary Chinese ink painting in the Brooklyn Museum collection in their September-October 2018 issue. Fung Ming Chip's ink...Read more