Line, Form, Qi: Calligraphic Art from the Fondation INK Collection
Line, Form, Qi: Calligraphic Art from the Fondation INK Collection
An examination of the innovations in calligraphic art, Line, Form, Qi: Calligraphic Art from the Fondation INK Collection highlights experimental works of modern and contemporary calligraphic art made by artists including Fung Ming Chip, Gu Wenda, Inoue Yūichi, Lee In, Henri Michaux, Nguyễn Quang Thắng, Qiu Zhijie, Tong Yangtze, Wang Dongling, Wei Ligang, and Xu Bing. Works on view reveal the evolution of the pictograph, explorations of the relationship between content and form, the development of new scripts, and the abstraction of the written word. Accompanied by a scholarly exhibition catalogue, Line, Form, Qi is the second in a series of exhibitions of works from the Fondation INK Collection, a 400-piece collection of contemporary art in the spirit of ink that was promised to LACMA in 2018.
This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
This exhibition is made possible through the generosity of the Fondation INK.
All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by The David & Meredith Kaplan Foundation, with generous annual funding from Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation, Tanya Fileva, Mary and Daniel James, Bert Levy Fund, Justin
Lubliner, Alfred E. Mann Charities, Kelsey Lee Offield, Maggie Tang, Lenore and Richard Wayne, and Marietta Wu and Thomas Yamamoto.
Wei Ligang, Elephant, 2011, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, promised gift of the Fondation INK, © Wei Ligang, photo by Maurice Aeschimann, Geneva, courtesy of the Fondation INK
- Apr 6–Oct 19, 2025
- Resnick Pavilion
- Today's hours: 10 am–7 pm
This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
This exhibition is made possible through the generosity of the Fondation INK.
All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by The David & Meredith Kaplan Foundation, with generous annual funding from Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation, Tanya Fileva, Mary and Daniel James, Bert Levy Fund, Justin
Lubliner, Alfred E. Mann Charities, Kelsey Lee Offield, Maggie Tang, Lenore and Richard Wayne, and Marietta Wu and Thomas Yamamoto.
Wei Ligang, Elephant, 2011, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, promised gift of the Fondation INK, © Wei Ligang, photo by Maurice Aeschimann, Geneva, courtesy of the Fondation INK