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Hao Ping (b. 1952)

Holy Plateau Series: Enlightenment

1998

Woodblock print

40 x 32 cm

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Like many Yunnan-based artists, Hao Ping uses the ‘waste-block’ or ‘reduction’ technique, whereby the artist carves away portions of a printing block, printing at intervals, one color at a time. Colours are usually printed from lightest to darkest. In this Buddhist-themed work, Hao defied the rules by overprinting a light colour onto a much darker, blended base colour, and achieving a fine silk-like texture to the surface of the ink. Hao also creates vibrantly coloured studies of Yunnan minority cultures.

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Muban Educational Trust registration number haopv033