Repel Evil and Bring Good Fortune

ClassificationsPaintings-watercolors

Artist Tang Jian-Feng (Taiwanese)

Date2017-2018

Made AtTaiwan, Asia

MediumWatercolor on paper

DimensionsFramed: 20 7/8 × 20 7/8 in. (53 × 53 cm)

Credit LineGift of Jack J. Liang

Object number2020.11.4

DescriptionRepel Evil and Bring Good Fortune is a watercolor on paper painting by Taiwanese artist Tang Jian-Feng. Tang Jian-Feng has worked in the media for many years. His diverse interests include expertise in Chinese painting, Western painting, comics, photography, publishing, designing, and writing. Whether paintings, comics, or essays, all of Mr. Tang's works are characterized by humor, irony, imagination, and humanitarianism. Mr. Tang's ink and wash paintings feature natural and unrestrained strokes while they are full of Zen interests and rich in meaning. The layouts of his works, whether realistic or suggestive, are original. His freehand brushwork is spontaneous and his own inscriptions on paintings are always to the point. Zhong Kui, the figure in red, is a mythological Chinese folk hero and ghost hunter. Despite being the top of his class Zhong Kui was stripped of all honors because of his grotesque face. After committing suicide, he was blessed with supernatural powers and leads an army of ghosts and demons to defend humanity against evildoers.

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