Wang Mansheng: Conversation and Demonstration

Name: Wang Mansheng: Conversation and Demonstration | The Huntington
Start: Mon, Jul 14 2025
Location: The Huntington

Event

Artist Wang Mansheng shares the stories and techniques behind “Without Us,” currently on display in the Studio for Lodging the Mind.

Wang Mansheng joins curator Phillip Bloom to discuss the ideas and inspirations underlying Without Us, his immersive painting installation that combines contemporary art with classical Chinese conceptions of nature. Through this work that distills his decades-long practice of ink painting, Wang seeks to encourage visitors’ reflection on their place within the natural world. After the conversation, Wang will demonstrate some of his techniques of painting and calligraphy in the Rose Hills Court, including his use of reed brushes and black walnut ink.

Wang Mansheng: Without Us and affiliated programming are generously supported by the Cheng Family Foundation and June and Simon K.C. Li.

A gallery space with wood floors and dark walls, large silk tapestry paintings hang from the ceiling.

An artist paints in a small section of an intricate artwork.

4 silk panels with hand-painted drawings of rocks and trees hang in a gallery.

An intricately detailed drawing of a tree and its branches and leaves.

An intricately detailed drawing of tall, thin tree stalks standing above rocks.

An intricately detailed drawing of trees on a rock ledge.

An artist works on an intricate ink landscape depicting trees, rocks, and a stream.

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens