A short film about the life and the work of Zao Wou-Ki, a Chinese born painter that spend most of his life in Paris, slowly making himself a name within the "Ecole de Montparnasse". As a result, his work his a mix between Asian art and European Avant-Garde.
Production company CHRISTIE'S AUDIOVISUAL DEPARTMENT
Head Producer KATHARINE BEGG
Editor BENJAMIN HUGUET
Wou-Ki means ‘no limits’ in Chinese — a prescient name for an artist who experimented in oil on canvas, ink on paper, lithography, engraving and watercolour, and who embraced different cultural identities without ever being beholden to one.