Crazy Grass-Style Calligraphy by Cheng Chin-fa

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This calligraphy on offer here from 2018 shows an important quote by Fayan Wenyi 法眼文益(885–958) (top to bottom, right to left), drawn by Cheng Jin-fa:

一切聲是佛陀聲;一切色是佛色。

All voices are the voices of Buddha, all forms are the form of Buddha.

 

Dimensions of the calligraphic paper itself: ca. 135 x 90 cm

The entire scroll measures ca. 150 x 79 cm

 

Cheng Jin-Fa’s role models are Huai Su 怀素 (737–799) and Zhang Xu 張旭 ( fl. 8th century), both famed master of the Crazy Grass Style 狂草书.

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Description

This calligraphy is intuitively brushstroked with 60 years of experience by calligraphy master Cheng Jin-fa 郑进发. Its principle is to not let the mind interfere when drawing the lines, and infuse the art with qi, aliveness and vitality. As Jin-fa so often stresses, do not think, and calligraphic art is to be felt, and not dependent on its readability.

Cheng Chin-Fa, born 1948 in Taiwan, studied Chinese History and Art History in Taipei, calligraphy with master Chuang Yen 莊嚴at the Nation University of Taiwan in Taipei and Ink-Painting with Ye Shih-Chiang 葉世強.

1976                  Doctoral Candidate in Heidelberg on a German Academic Exchange Service scholarship

1987                  Study at the Art History Institute at the university of Cologne in 1987

1983-                 Exhibitions of his works initially in Germany and then in the USA, Taiwan, Italy, France, Belgium and the Netherlands

1995 -2002     Lecturer calligraphy in Taibei

1997-2018      Lecturer for ‘Intuitive Calligraphy‘ at the home of the Cologne architect Peter Busman

2017-2024      Lecturer for calligraphy at the university Cologne and regular invitee for exhibitions and seminars throughout Germany

 

 

 

 

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