Calligraphy is the art of beautiful and decorative handwriting. It involves using special pens or brushes to create visually pleasing letters and words. Full definition
[1] Yangjiang's 2014 exhibition at Shanghai's Minsheng Museum, Fuck Off the Rules, was a not - so - subtle reference to Ai Weiwei's notorious Fuck Off exhibition and an illustration of their anarchic anti-art approach to the veneration of calligraphy in Chinese culture. (dailyserving.com)
This is one reason Steve Jobs often cited his college course in calligraphy as an influence. (inc.com)
Xieda has spent the exhibitions 20 years studying the history of Chinese written language, specifically focusing on Chinese calligraphy of the fourth century, a period in which the brush came to be used for writing as an alternative to carving characters into wood, bamboo, or stone. (jamescohan.com)