The Harvest of Spring Blossoms
dal 2/10/2008 al 31/10/2008
Segnalato da
Shi Dawei
Cai Guangbing
Tian Liming
Han Shuo
Ma Xiaojuan
Chen Yuming
Che Pengfei
Tang Yongli
Li Zhenwen
Li Yang
He Xi
Chen Jialing
Shen Hu
Lu Yanshao
Lin Ximing
Lin Fengmian
Zhu Qizhan
Chen Peiqiu
Zhu Min
Cheng Shifa
Fang Zengxian
Yang Zhengxin
Liu Jingan
Lin Ximing
Lu Fusheng
Feng Zikai
Guan Liang
Han Tianheng
Zhang Guiming
Bao Ying
Shen Shaojun
Zhu Xinchang
Liu Tianwei
Zhang Peicheng
Zhang Leiping
Zhang Diping
Terresa Liu Snyder
Elga Wimmer
2/10/2008
The Harvest of Spring Blossoms
Chelsea Art Museum, New York
Selections from the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy. All the works in the show use the traditional Chinese medium of ink and watercolor on paper and display both the accomplishments of the old generation, as well as the achievements of the younger artists, who carry on the influences of the past in their new work. Curated by Terresa Liu Snyder and Elga Wimmer.
Curated by Terresa Liu Snyder and Elga Wimmer
The Chelsea Art Museum – Home of the Miotte Foundation – is pleased to present selections from the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy. Curated by Terresa Liu Snyder and Elga Wimmer, The Harvest of Spring Blossoms introduces Chinese artists anchored in traditional painting while reinterpreting them in a contemporary fashion. The exhibition brings together some of the masters of Chinese painting, based on more than 100 years of tradition in the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy. All the works in the show use the traditional Chinese medium of ink and watercolor on paper and display both the accomplishments of the old generation, as well as the achievements of the younger artists, who carry on the influences of the past in their new work.
Most of the work in the exhibition was created after the year 2000, with some examples of earlier paintings. A few recent works refer symbolically to the new political era (e.g. Shi Dawei, Cai Guangbing, Tian Liming, Han Shuo, Ma Xiaojuan, Chen Yuming, Che Pengfei, Tang Yongli, Li Zhenwen, Li Yang). Other paintings clearly stem from historic traditional depictions of nature and landscape (e.g. He Xi, Chen Jialing, Shen Hu, Lu Yanshao, Lin Ximing, Lin Fengmian, Zhu Qizhan, Chen Peiqiu, Zhu Min), while others contemplate symbolic language and poetry through depiction of still-life, flora and fauna, as well as portraits (e.g. Cheng Shifa, Fang Zengxian, Yang Zhengxin, Liu Jingan, Lin Ximing, Lu Fusheng, Feng Zikai, Guan Liang, Han Tianheng). Artists such as Zhang Guiming, Bao Ying, Shen Shaojun, Zhu Xinchang, Liu Tianwei, Zhang Peicheng, Zhang Leiping and Zhang Diping, clearly incorporate influences from the West into their own style, the result a newer, less classic representation, while respecting the high ideals of the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy.
This exhibition is made possible through the kind support of The Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, The Shanghai Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, The Shanghai Overseas Chinese Foundation and The Liu Gallery.
Image: Zhang Peicheng. Music, 2007
Chelsea Art Museum
556 West 22nd Street - New York