Wang Mansheng, Golden Peaches 金桃, 2021, ink on newspaper, 19 x 12 in. (48.3 x 30.5 cm)

Shufa Essentials
September 11 – October 25, 2025
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 11, 5-8pm
Artist Talk & Demonstration: Saturday, September 13, 3:30-5:30pm
65 East 80th Street, NYC

Fu Qiumeng Fine Art is delighted to present Shufa Essentials 書之有法, an exhibition dedicated to the art of Shufa—commonly translated as “Chinese calligraphy”—during this Autumn 2025 season. Shufa is rooted in a different framework that is shaped by the unique nature of Chinese characters—logographs that are at once visual, phonetic, and ideographic. This foundation allows Shufa to unite language, philosophy, and artistic expression into a single art form. Perhaps the best translation is to embrace Shufa as its own term. In the hands of the artist, characters unfold not only as words but also as pure form, alive with cadence, rhythm, and energy.

For more than two thousand years, artists have used brush, ink, and paper not only as tools of writing but as instruments of expression. Every stroke is a trace of the artist’s presence—a line shaped by rhythm, vitality, and state of mind. With no erasures and no second chances, each mark preserves the immediacy of its making, a visible record of body and spirit joined in a single moment.

This exhibition highlights three principles at the heart of the tradition. The centered use of the brush channels balance and strength into every stroke. Handmade paper, unyielding yet responsive, registers each decision without disguise. And Qi—often described as breath or vital energy—animates the work, infusing it with rhythm, mood, and life.

Through selected works and interpretive guides, Shufa Essentials invites visitors to follow the artist’s hand, sense the flow of ink on paper, and encounter Shufa as one of China’s most profound and enduring artistic traditions—an art that is at once writing and image, continuity and expression, discipline and spirit.

Join them for the opening reception on September 11, and don’t forget to register for the special artist demonstration with Fung Ming Chip that Saturday afternoon! Learn more and RSVP here.

To learn more about the exhibition, click here.