Shencheng subway station is frequently transformed into a mobile art museum. Following the turn of the Longhua Middle Road subway station to meet the "Prado" some time ago, today, the South Shaanxi Road Subway Station Cultural Corridor "Shangxin" 20 authentic works of Haipai famous artists. This is the "Splendid Rivers and Mountains: Le Zhenwen and Zhang Chi couple sketch exhibition" of the "Haipai Famous Artists Metro Line", so that passengers who come and go feel the cultural self-confidence and Haipai charm that come and go. The exhibition will run until mid-January.
The famous Haipai artists Le Zhenwen and Zhang Chi are both librarians of the Shanghai Municipal Research Museum of Literature and History. For a long time, the artistic couple has responded to the needs of the times with their own unique and lofty artistic faces, demonstrating their sense of artistic responsibility and leaving a deep impression on people. This exhibition focuses on the splendid rivers and mountains depicted by Le Zhenwen and Zhang Chi with paintbrushes. Passengers can not get out of "Shanghai", they can use their Danqing magic pen to enjoy the four seasons of the great rivers and mountains. These works are either passionate or peaceful and peaceful - the pavilions under the gentle drizzle, the unobstructed view of the top of Dabie Mountain, the terrifying waves under the moonlight, and the quiet village surrounded by mountains all attract people to appreciate the beauty of Haipai art up close.
Le Zhenwen "Courtyard Deep"
The Jiangnan landscape became an indispensable part of the exhibition.
Le Zhenwen depicts Suzhou with paintings such as "Deep Courtyard", "Master of Nets Garden Listening to Autumn", and "Lack of Moon Hanging Loose Tong", and the scenery in the painting is actually a little more interesting and poetic than the well-known Jiangnan, which not only presents beauty, but also gives people meditation. Le Zhenwen admitted that the beauty of Jiangnan has long been vividly expressed by Kun opera, Suzhou Pingtan and Ming Dynasty painters. There is only one way to express another Jiangnan or Jiangnan in the painter's heart: to find the painter's own heart. "Over the years, I have traveled all over the water towns and gardens in Jiangnan, wherever I went, wherever I sketched. The beautiful Jiangnan makes me unable to extricate myself, with this experience, awakened my own Jiangnan, in this hustle and bustle of the city building forest to maintain a piece of their own nature. ”
Zhang Chi ,"The Sound of the Waves Under the Moon"
Zhang Chi brought several paintings of Daming Mountain in eastern Zhejiang this time, showing another kind of Jiangnan, simple and quiet. Siming Mountain is the hometown of the artist's mother. Zhang Chi still remembers that this group of works was created in the middle of the summer of 2016, when the downpour poured down and the mountain rain reflected the green, which immediately dispelled the high temperature for several days, which was refreshing. A light and delicate mist rose, gently brushing the mountain pass, and suddenly it became a white cloud ethereal, faint and faint. Down the stairs, ancient villages, stone walls and tiles are scattered, and the trance is like a paradise. Here the folk customs are simple, the local sound is amiable, the stone steps under the feet have been worn away in the years, and the dark brown stone slabs seem to tell the story of endless life and fire.
Liangjiahe, Yellow Land, Dabie Mountain... The red footprints in the exhibition sweep away the power of the spirit. These works are all the artist's creations in the red landmark. The scenes of the works are intertwined, witnessing their pursuit of the imprint of the route taken by the revolutionaries and recording the changes in the style of the times.
Le Zhenwen "Lintong October"
Standing in front of the yellow land depicted by Le Zhenwen, I couldn't help but feel the greatness of the mountains and rivers, and the smallness of people. He remembered that the first time he visited the Loess Plateau was in 1996, when he took students to Shanxi to sketch, when he chartered a car from Taiyuan and went all the way to the Yellow River and Yan'an. "At that time, the Loess Plateau was really loess, and there was basically no green on the way, and occasionally I saw a rare pond in a deep ditch, and the top of the hillside was like an endless flat river." What is said to be a ravine is actually a crack in the loess soil. At that time, I deeply felt the smallness of man and the tenacity of life, and if I wanted to show it, it was by no means covered by the original method of learning, if I did not seek the source with my heart, how to break the original cocoon. ”
In 2017, when he was sketching in Yanchuan, northern Shaanxi, he walked the road that his revolutionary predecessors had walked, visited the Red Army Memorial Hall, and stood in front of the first bay of the Yellow River, Zhang Chi deeply felt the roots of the Chinese nation. She sighed: "The barren and desolate land of the past, now under the party's policy of returning farmland to forests, has become a spring, the Loess Plateau presents a vibrant scene, the changes here are too great, many hotels have been built, tourism has become a climate, although it is autumn, but it feels a lush green, roadside autumn cherry blossoms, jujube forests tender green, but also a little golden yellow." After the rain, the clouds and mist swirl like Jiangnan..."
The metro station comes with its own traffic. At the exhibition site, it is no wonder that Le Zhenwen and Zhang Chi sighed that this is the most special exhibition they have ever held - for the first time, their works are directly facing so many audiences, and they also want to hear the voices from the vast audience. This will inspire them to continue to respond to the times and people with a paintbrush with an insatiable spirit of exploration.
Around this exhibition, Shanghai Metro produced a subway commemorative card with the themes of Le Zhenwen's "Path and Grass Treading", "Master of Nets Garden Listening to Autumn" and Zhang Chi's "Cold Forest Moon" and "Jinzhai Xiahui". The two artists donated two works, "Lintong October" and "The Sound of the Waves Under the Moon", to the Shanghai Metro Museum.
Zhang Chi "Snowy Castle"
It is reported that in recent years, Shanghai Metro is actively implementing the "culture into the subway" project, and is committed to creating a "second space" for the city to "see works, hear music, understand the spirit, learn knowledge, and feel the cultural atmosphere". At the beginning of this year, Wang Guanqing's "Dawu Powerful" Bronze Bull Sculpture settled at The People's Square Station. Taking this as an opportunity, Shanghai Metro created the "Haipai Famous Artists into the Metro" brand project, striving to integrate Haipai art and traditional calligraphy and painting into the station space, becoming an important window for inheriting the city's historical context, telling the wonderful stories of the city, and building a city cultural brand.
Author: Fan Xin
Editor: Xu Yang
Editor-in-Charge: Shao Ling
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