Spring colors in flower and bird paintings in "Bumpy World: Invitation Exhibition on the Creation of Contemporary Chinese Painting Themes"

In April, the "Bumpy World: Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Painting Theme Creation: Flowers and Birds" was held at the Polaria Qingteng Art Center.

At this moment, Jiangnan, which is full of spring, is not very calm. Every moment of the world is unpredictable. War, epidemics, society, climate... The life that accompanies everyone is becoming more and more complicated and strange. The variables in the world's economy and culture are also obvious, so that the lives of every earthling are affected. The fast pace and uneasiness, like the bumpy ground, need a kind of strength to calm down. This power can convey the warmth between each other, elevate the value of simple quality and care to a height, and can comfort the heart, build friendship and trust, and transmit ideas to warm the world.

Curator Chen Ziyou said: "We are looking for something that can soothe the soul – maybe only art, especially the art that is most appropriate to China, the art of Chinese painting." It has a history of thousands of years, its way of expression is unique, its way of soothing people's hearts is also unique, it is consistent with our national cultural genes, but also gives us the Chinese nation generations of spiritual traction and attribution, but also should become a placebo and safety valve under the fast-paced life of contemporary people. ”

The flower and bird paintings in this exhibition, whether it is freehand or brushwork, whether it is fish and insects or flowers, all things have a spirit, not only with affection into the painting, but also the artist's personal understanding of life and self-expression in front of you and me. They are the breath of freshness, the pulse of the times, and the totem of life. These authors not only stand in the artistic language style of their predecessors, but also find the appearance of themselves. They are a group with a strong sense of freshness, they continue to develop themselves and live independent values.

In the works in the exhibition, such as the works of Wang Fa, Wang Jun, Shi Rongqiang, Li Na, Mao Binhui and Han Fei, the spiritual will of flowers, birds and birds is not only a manifestation of energy, but also the result of a contest between emotion and reason. The wonderful here makes people imagine that since the Two Song Dynasties, Huang Tsuen, Qian Xuan, Yun Nantian, etc. and more famous works in history have achieved their unique artistic language with the meaning of natural refinement, high rhyme, outline and run hair, grasp the variety, complete character, and achieve their unique artistic language. Such works, readable, meteorological, exquisite, gentle; several other painters who are in harmony with them, Such as Psyllium, Lü San, Liu Sanyu, Liu Geng, Li Yan, Ziyou, Ming Zhan, Yao Zhenxi, Qin Xiuping, Han Lu, etc., paint with affection, loose brush and ink, can be shaped for imagery, thick and thin, open and large, although not exquisite, but let people feel humorous, overwhelmed, interesting, each with its own color, becoming the leader of this era. Just as the so-called good people meet good paintings, they use their own thoughts, in the operation of pen and ink, to surprise the viewer, and then bring joy by the accident, and then forget the pain and unevenness of the world, bring the warmth and comfort of the soul, and also make this bumpy world have expectations and stability.

Chen Ziyou said that in the quiet and tranquil and elegant exhibition hall, comprehensive consideration of the works of several painters, we have reason to believe that the aesthetic taste and humanistic feelings presented in such an exhibition will allow the viewer to develop from different categories of works and taste a taste of their own - this is a possibility that all of us participating in the exhibition are willing to see. Anything is possible.

Every hopeful and grateful person is the strongest maintainer of order in the world. At the moment of the epidemic, we can make this originally bumpy world have a sense of security through the unexpected touch brought about by works of art and artists' thinking - feeling the many misfortunes brought by time and space in our world, but also grateful for the warmth given by the truth, goodness and beauty of the world, everything will be fine, which is where we care, and it is the unchangeable value that we promote or advocate.

"Bumpy World - Invitation Exhibition on the Creation of Contemporary Chinese Painting Themes" is a series of exhibitions, and after the "Flowers and Birds" exhibition, "Landscape Chapter" and "Character Chapter" will be held.

Appreciation of works and introduction of painters

Wang Fa, General Secretary of the Party Branch and Deputy Director of the Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum (presided over the work).

Wang Jun, born in 1985 in Qingzhou, Shandong, is an associate professor at the School of Humanities of Nanjing University of the Arts, the head of the Department of Art Education, and the dean of the Flower and Bird Research Institute of the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting of the Presidential Palace.

Psyllium, poet and ink worker. He has published more than 20 kinds of poetry and painting collections such as "Dusk of Craftsmanship", "Partial Seeing", "Cloud Head Flowers", "Tea and Rice Thoughts", "Cold Window Collection", "Album Night", "Suzhou Slow" and so on.

Shi Rongqiang, born in 1973 in Chengwu, Shandong Province, graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Qufu Normal University in Shandong Province in 1998 and stayed on to teach. In 2008, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Nanjing University of the Arts with a master's degree in fine arts. He currently lives and works in Beijing and Rizhao.

Liu Geng, a member of the China Artists Association, a researcher of the Heilongjiang Provincial Academy of Painting, the vice chairman of the Xingtai Artists Association, and a disciple of Mr. Wu Guannan.

Liu Sanyu, born in Chongqing in 1969, currently lives in Chengdu. He is currently the executive vice president and secretary general of the Chinese Painting Jiaomo Research Association, the honorary president of the Chongqing Liangjiang Calligraphy and Painting Institute, the vice president of the Minshan Calligraphy and Painting Institute, the special painter of the China Friendship and Exchange Art Institute with Foreign Countries, the member of the Sichuan Provincial Artists Association, the member of the Sichuan Provincial Art Promotion Association, the director of the Chengdu Municipal Artists Association, and the director of the Chengdu Municipal CPPCC Painting Institute.

Lü San, a native of Da'an, Zigong, Sichuan. He is a painter who has published five collections of paintings, "Lü San Plus and Minus", "Circle of Friends" and personal paintings.

Li Yan graduated from the Department of Literature and Art of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1996. In 2017, he won the "Magnolia" Award at the Shanghai Fine Arts Exhibition. He is currently a member of the China Artists Association, a member of the Shanghai Artists Association, a national second-level artist, a member of the Ink Painting Studio of the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, a master tutor of Donghua University, and the executive director of Shanghai Xianhe Art Museum.

Li Na, graduated from the School of Chinese Painting of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2013 with a master's degree, and is a member of the China Artists Association, and now lives and works in Beijing.

Mao Binhui is the vice chairman of Shaoxing Artists Association, the chairman of Keqiao District Artists Association, and a special painter of Shaoxing Calligraphy and Painting Institute.

Ming Zhan, a native of Qishan, Shaanxi, born in November 1963 in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, now lives in Beijing, freelance artist"

Chen Ziyou, born in 1966, is a native of Huaihua, Hunan. In 2001, he studied at the Chinese Painting Advanced Training Class of the China Academy of Arts. From 2004 to 2008, he studied at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Editor-in-chief of the Yearbook of Chinese Artists and executive editor of the Yearbook of Chinese Painting Art.

Han Fei graduated from Nanjing Normal University and the Academy of Fine Arts of Nanjing University of the Arts, and is currently studying for a doctorate in philosophy at Tongji University, and has successively studied under Mr. Jiang Hongwei and Mr. Gao Yun. He is a member of the China Artists Association, a member of the Chinese Gongbi Painting Society, a full-time painter of the Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, and a director and deputy secretary-general of the Jiangsu Provincial Chinese Painting Society.

Han Lu is a professor of Chinese painting, doctoral supervisor, party secretary and vice dean of the School of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Art of China Academy of Art, and a member of the China Artists Association.