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1002 As the leading figure of Hong Kong’s New Ink Painting Movement in
IRENE CHOU (ZHOU LÜYUN, 1924-2011) the early-1970s, Irene Chou sought to express her own inner universe
Abstract through a highly original and innovative visual language.
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper Although undated, the current work was likely created in the mid to late
138.5 x 68 cm. (54 Ω x 26 Æ in.) 1980s. At that time Irene Chou emerged from a period of darkness after
Two seals of the artist
the death of her husband. She converted her home into a painting studio
PROVENANCE: and felt liberated, fully submerged in the act of painting. It is also in this
Private collection, USA. period that Chou developed her “impact” motif into “impact structural
HK$80,000-150,000 US$11,000-19,000 stroke” – a technique inspired by Zen painting whereby she splashed ink
onto wet xuan paper. The sphere motif, which consists of tiny pointillist
周綠雲 存在 設色紙本 鏡框 dots, is a long standing feature in Chou’s works spanning her entire artistic
career, and represents her devotion to attention.
鈐印：雲、松江周綠雲作畫之印
來源：美國私人收藏。 作為香港七十年代初期新水墨運動中最具創造力的藝術家之一，周綠
雲對如何通過新穎視覺語言表達內心的宇宙萬物的探索從未停止。
雖然畫作無紀年，但本作品應創作於1980年代中晚期。彼時周綠雲正
從喪夫之痛中恢復，她將自己的家改造為畫室，全身心沉浸到繪畫創
作中。也正是在這個時期，受禪畫影響，她在濕宣紙上潑墨，將自創
的“激霰畫”轉變成“激霰皴”，這種圓形的畫面構成包含無數個細
小的墨點，成為周綠雲藝術生涯一以貫之的特點。

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