Wu
Shanzhuan
The Architect of Language: The Visionary World of Wu Shanzhuan In the turbulent and transformative landscape of late 20th-century Chinese art, few figures loom as large or as enigmatically as Wu Shanzhuan. Born in 1960 in the coastal city of Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, Wu emerged …
A portrait built from Wu Shanzhuan's own colours
Every 2 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
