Clip on Xu Beihong Plus Thoughts on Calligraphy, the Beats, and the Abstract Expressionists

Burnside published my art post “A Time to Plant and a Time to Uproot” today. It only occurred to me as I was posting this clip how interesting it is that Xu Beihong’s painting is from 1951. Doesn’t the seemingly traditional shuimohua painting seem much older? Xu is actually known for his Western sensibilities and [...]