The Moon is Brighter at Home, No. 2

Eddy Kwan-lap Chan, who is based in Hong Kong, established himself as one of the pioneers of abstract ink painting. The title of this work, The Moon is Brighter at Home, is a line from a poem by the famous Tang dynasty poet Du Fu (712–770 C.E.). Here, a full moon illuminates distant peaks. Dark ink and color washes suggest the moon’s shadow on the mountains. Notice the fine textural brushwork in the depictions of mountains. The greenish blue tones continue the tradition of Chinese blue-and-green landscape, whereas the artist’s interest in modern abstraction is revealed by his use of geometric forms and splashes of ink and colors.