That Taiwanese modernist Liu Kuo-sung has earned a place in the canon of avant-garde ink art, or , is a fact. He invented the eponymous Liu Kuo-sung paper, from the surface of which fibers are removed to create textural effects. He is also renowned for the (1969–73) series, informed by the Apollo 8 and 11 missions; (1969), for one, famously incorporates a photograph of astronaut Buzz Aldrin.” (, or Chinese painting, is synonymous with ink painting.)
