Born in Guangdong Province. Currently resides in Beijing. Trained at Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Qiu Ting is a unique figure in the contemporary Chinese painting world. His doctorate was a hybrid of Chinese painting theory and practice involving both a written dissertation and an exhibition of his own work; he was one of the first in China to receive such a degree. It is no surprise that Qiu has chosen a work of particular scholarly interest, Zhao Lingrang’s Summer Mist along the Lakeshore, one of the MFA’s finest Northern Song landscape paintings.
Qiu Ting has painted a landscape in his own style that captures the wistful lyricism of the Zhao Lingrang original, using the mist as a visual trope that ties the two works. Qiu has added extensive inscriptions at the end of his painting, containing a collection of commentaries on Zhao Lingrang that range from historical texts to Qiu’s own reflections.
Detail from Visit to the Eight Great Sites, ink on paper, 2009
Detail from Visit to the Eight Great Sites, ink on paper, 2009
Zhao Lingrang (active around 1100), Summer Mist along the Lakeshore, ink and color on silk, dated 1100
