A Chinese raw art

Chen Chao-Pao's work represents an interesting and unique form of cultural syncretism. The history of Taiwan, where he was born, contributes to this mix formal identities, techniques and heritages that he experiments with throughout throughout his life. Copying is part of Chinese culture taught by treatises since the 6th century, he reinterprets entire episodes of the Buddhism, in the light of Dubuffet, of whom he is a fervent admirer.