Self-Portrait (2025) by Jianfeng Pan, 390 x 350 cm. Drawn during a live-performmance by the artist at the opening of the exhibition ‘Ink Roamings. Contemporary works on paper by Jianfeng Pan’, at the #Museum for #EastAsianArt in #Cologne in 2025.
"Hanging Inspirations" (2021) by Jianfeng Pan. 3 mounted #hangingscrolls, each scroll 130 x 37 cm. The centered iconic round figure evokes the hand-drawn ‘Circle of Enlightenment’ (Jap. #Enso), which was established in the calligraphic practice of #Zen-Buddhist monks as an iconographic tradition.
In April 2025, I visited the exhibition "Ink Roamings" by the Chinese ink artist Jianfeng Pan at the #Museum #EastAsianArt in #Cologne. The exhibition presented around 60 works on paper produced over the past decade, ranging from monumental #hangingscrolls to small album formats and serial works. Here's a summary of what I have seen and learned from the exhibition:
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