The Paintings Zhang Daqian Depicted for Dacheng and His Friends, Peers and Patrons from the 1970s to 1980s in Hong Kong
Ms. Fu Yiwen

Ms Fu Yiwen, an art critic and contributor, was invited to deliver a talk titled "The Paintings Zhang Daqian Depicted for Dacheng and His Friends, Peers and Patrons from 1970s to 1980s in Hong Kong" at the fifth luncheon on 30 November 2018. During her talk, Ms Fu provided a simple but profound introduction to Zhang Daqian's social network and art life.

Ms Fu graduated from the school of art at SOAS, University of London, with an M.A. in History of Art and Archaeology of East Asia in 2018. Before that, she graduated from the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU, with a Master of Journalism  in 2009 and had worked at South China Morning Post and Phoenix TV for seven years. Her works have been published by The Art Newspaper, HKEJ, Mingpao, etc.

Ms Fu's talk presented an interpretive discussion on paintings, publication, and their relationships in Hong Kong from the 1970s to the 1980s through a visual analysis of the paintings by the famous painter, Zhang Daqian, for a literary publication Dacheng. It probed into the representation of Zhang Daqian's works in the publication by the editor-in-chief, Shen Weichuang, and the interaction with the celebrities including Zhang Xueliang, Meng Xiaodong, and Gui Xiaozhuang, thereby revealing the social exchanges and commodity value of Zhang Daqian's works in Hong Kong.