The Asian market is mad about this traditional medium, so conducive to hybridisation and technical innovation, and Western museums and collectors are becoming fascinated in turn. Perhaps ink will spread on an international scale…
By Marlène Corbun de Kerobert and Hugues Cayrade The ink market is expanding rapidly, particularly in Asia. In 2017, the fine arts and calligraphy category, which includes modern and contemporary artists working in ink, already accounted for 66% of the Chinese market in value (43% in volume) – which "not many people are aware of outside China”, says Christopher Reynolds, co-founder and director of the Ink Studio in Beijing. In his view, if ink is still little recognised in the West, this is largely due to a different perception of time. In the East, it is infinite, and the art of ink chimes in with this philosophy, radically different from the West's linear time with its clearly marked historical periods. Enormous Potential The ink market really…
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