Shanghai Jinchen Yifeiming Art Museum
November 23 (Chen Congyao) Recently, "Young Chen Yifei: The Man Who Threw the Javelin" opened at the Shanghai Jinchen Yifeiming Art Museum. This exhibition integrates original paintings, documents, objects, images and new media technologies, etc., and shows Chen Yifei's artistic practice in his youth, that is, from the early 1960s to the late 1970s, in multiple dimensions and at multiple levels.
Interior view of the exhibition hall
The famous artist Chen Yifei was born in 1946 and grew up in Shanghai. In 1965, he graduated from Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts and entered the Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Creation Studio (now Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Institute). In the 1970s, he created classic oil paintings such as "Pioneer of the Way", "Red Flag", "Ode to the Yellow River", "Occupation of the Presidential Palace", and "Pacing". After traveling to the United States in 1980, he focused on the research and creation of Oil Paintings with Chinese themes, and became a well-known oil painter at home and abroad. Chen Yifei died in Shanghai in 2005 at the age of 59.
The exhibition consists of three parts, namely "Always Ready", "Pioneer of the Way", and "Approaching Chen Yifei". The first chapter focuses on Chen Yifei's early professional training at the Shanghai Art College. The second chapter focuses on the important original period of Chen Yifei's artistic career, and restores his mental journey in the creation of red classics by comprehensively displaying his original works, creative manuscripts, and high imitation reproductions on canvas. The third chapter shows physical objects, documents, videos, etc., allowing the viewer to approach Chen Yifei and appreciate the moment when he planted the seeds of new art.
According to chen Yiming, the chief planner of the exhibition, Chen Yifei's younger brother and the famous artist Chen Yiming, in order to increase the visibility of the exhibition, he moved the windows and desks in his old home to the scene, and the audience walked through it, as if "through the time tunnel". At the same time, with four digital screens as the background, the video is played on a rolling basis, which is in harmony with the paintings of teachers and students on the spot. "This is a video of Chen Yifei's demonstration for Meng Guang's sketch teaching, the original film is more than 30 minutes, and we have taken three minutes for everyone to share." Chen Yiming said, "He is the protagonist, and I restored an environment and an object created by Chen Yifei at that time. ”
The exhibition will be on view until February 20, 2022.
Editor: Chen Congyao