Calligraphy, Kalligraphie, 1983-86

#1:
Andreas Schmid and friend teacher Wang in front of the painted room door at the Beijing language institute, collage and inksplash-painting, autumn 1983
photo: E. Merholz, Courtesy Andreas Schmid and the fotographer

#2:
Andreas Schmid, calligraphy „Quietness“ („Jing“), 1985, hanging scroll, Chinese ink on Xuanpaper, 98 x 52,4 cm (including colophoneum from Wang Dongling), mounted on silk, 222 x 71 cm, Hangzhou
photo: Andreas Schmid

#3:
Andreas Schmid, calligraphy: „within her/his sentences exists a hidden point, in his/her words there are sounds of echos “ (quoted from Günther Debon: „Grundbegriffe der chinesischen Schrifttheorie“, p. 40, F. Steiner Verlag, 1978), 1986, hanging scroll, Chinese ink on Xuan paper, 170 x 83 cm, mounted on silk, 262 x 98 cm
photo: Andreas Schmid

#4:
Andreas Schmid, calligraphy, „There is no other law but the heart“ („Xin wai wu fa“), 1986, 1986, hanging scroll, Chinese ink on Xuan paper, 244 x 93,5 cm, mounted on silk, 329 x 107 cm
photo: Andreas Schmid

#5:
Andreas Schmid, calligraphy „Silent Night“, poem by Li Taipo (Li Bai 李白,
(701-762), 1986, handscroll, Chinese ink on Xuan paper, ca. 50 x 120 cm , Private Property
photo: Andreas Schmid

#6:
Andreas Schmid writing light calligrapy, 1986, Hangzhou,
photo: H. Motoaki
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