Hillside in White Clouds　79.6cm×65cm 

Following the success of Liu Kuosung Artworks Exhibition at National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) last March, "Feeling for my Home Town" —Liu Kuosung’s Contemporary Wash Painting Exhibition was staged in his home town, Qingzhou, Shandong Province, on April 29. It is one of his objectives to present excellent painting to add to home town’s honor and express this master’s deep affection. This exhibition, undertaken by Qingzhou Municipal government, Publicity Department of CPC Qingzhou Committee and Qingzhou Municipal Administration of Relics, showcases his 60 years’ artistic creation, changes in painting styles and his exploration in contemporary approach of Chinese wash painting by means of 66 representative works from all the periods. In particular, Liu Kuosung also donated his contemporary wash painting created in 1960s to Qingzhou Municipal Museum.

Distant Organization　182cm×88.5cm

As a master well-known both at home and abroad, Liu Kuosung had undergone plenty of difficulties for decades until he established the contemporary wash painting, which finally got common recognition. From Taiwan to Southeast Asia and from Hong Kong to mainland, contemporary wash painting was gradually acknowledged and respected by fine arts circle and then fully developed. For decades, he spared no efforts to promote this approach all over the world. So far he has been invited to galleries or museums in different countries to present personal exhibition on more than 80 occasions and many of his works have been collected by over 50 globally reputable museums such as Metropolitan Museum of Art in US, British Museum in UK and the Palace Museum at Beijing. In 2011, NAMOC collected ten of his representative works and present a large-scale retrospect exhibition for him. With his significant contribution to contemporary wash painting, Liu Kuosung is commonly regarded by international community of arts as one of the most representative artists.

Flash like Wind　95.2cm×59cm

As to his knowledge of culture, Liu Kuosung has his own classic conclusion. “Human civilization history is created by two kinds of people. Scientists create material one and artists make spiritual one. What kind of people can be a scientist? He must have an idea in his mind, and must carry out experiment to prove whether it is correct. With big invention, he is called a big scientist; with small invention, he is called a small scientist. It is the same with artists. Artists must have their feeling and then reproduce this feeling by means of painting.” But what can he do if traditional technique and material failed to reproduce his own feeling? “He must carry out experiment in arts to find the proper way.” As far as Liu Kuosung is concerned, a painter’s studio is just a lab for creation. “A good painter must carry out experiment because he needs invention”.