Chinese ink

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The works blend traditional Chinese ink techniques with Western art influences, and Ms. Siyang-Le said they displayed a “deliberate intent to bridge cultural boundaries.”

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2024

Like the work of a traditional Chinese ink painter, her words sketch around spots of blankness, leaving suggestive lacunae.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 30, 2019

He was clicking through a slideshow that included an image of the building’s structural system hand-drawn in Chinese ink.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2017

The setting at the Aug. 19 meeting was calm: A room with plush cream carpets, Chinese ink brush landscape paintings and a vase of purple orchids.

From Reuters • Sep. 11, 2014

In front of them they have a stone slab, a stick of Chinese ink, and some brushes with which they write.

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