Chinese Painting

Today I saw an exhibit of a modern Chinese painter at the Asia Society.  His name is Wu Guanzhong. He died recently.   In his later years, he wanted to make abstract paintings, but working within the traditions of Chinese art, using rice paper, ink, etc.   At times the paintings look like Jackson Pollock, with splattered ink, with some of the curvy lines of Brice Marden.  They are never totally abstract, though.  Here are some samples:

Also saw an exhibit at the Neue Galerie of early photographs by Heinrich Kuehn, from the early twentieth century.   These were interesting primarily for the early printing techniques, gum bichromate prints and early attempts at doing color photography.  The textures and colors of the prints are beautiful, and almost impossible to reproduce, on the web or otherwise.