Walasse Ting: New York, New York /
Until Friday, Feb 16, 2024 /
Alisan Fine Arts New York /
120 East 65th Street /
New York, NY, USA 10065 /
Monday – Friday, 10am – 6pm
(closed Dec 25, 2023 – Jan 2, 2024)
As we enter 2024, Alisan Fine Arts, a stalwart of the Hong Kong art scene since its establishment in 1981, is proud to announce the official opening of its new gallery in New York City. This marks a historic milestone as we expand beyond Hong Kong after an impressive 42-year legacy. The inaugural exhibition at the New York location pays homage to Walasse Ting (1928-2010), a celebrated Chinese-American artist known for his vibrant and expressive works.
Walasse Ting: New York, New York focuses on Ting’s artistic career and creations in New York City from the 1950s to the 1990s, including Ting’s black and white abstract paintings created during his participation in the Abstract Expressionist movement in the 1950s. In the 1970s, Ting’s interest in the human body and exploration of sexuality led him back to figurative art. As he moved into the 1990s, Ting began to integrate traditional Chinese materials into his work. His depictions of women, flowers, fruits, cats, fish, and horses are painted in a rich palette of bright acrylics on rice paper, layered with powerful effervescent brushstrokes in Chinese ink. These paintings are a sheer testimony to love, life, and beauty, which developed the distinctive style that we are so familiar with today.
The exhibition in New York coincides with Ting’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States, Walasse Ting: Parrot Jungle, which is on view at the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale until March 3, 2024. The museum exhibition serves to reintroduce audiences to the artist’s captivating universe and underscores his role as one of the most unconventional and independent figures of his era.
Along with the New York gallery, Alisan Fine Arts currently manages three premises, including Central’s business district and Aberdeen in Hong Kong. Alisan Central will be closed on 31 Dec 2023 and 1 Jan 2024, while Alisan Aberdeen remains open on Saturday Dec 30 during the holiday season.
Featured image: Installation shot of Walasse Ting, New York, New York, Alisan Fine Arts New York Gallery, 2023; (From left) Reclining Beauty Watching Love Birds, Chinese ink & acrylic on rice paper, 96 x 179cm, 1990s; Reclining Beauty, Chinese ink & acrylic on rice paper, 45 x 58cm, 1990s; Kiss Me Kiss Me, Acrylic & pastel on Arches paper, 61 x 91cm, 1976; Kiss Me Kiss Me, Acrylic & pastel on Arches paper, 61 x 91cm, 1976; Three Oriental Beauties with a Green Horse and a Green Parrot, Chinese ink & acrylic on rice paper, 181.6 x 288cm, 1990s.