As the handicraft of "World Intangible Cultural Heritage" and "Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage", silk reeling is not only the ultimate representative of silk weaving art, but also the essence of Chinese civilization that carries thousands of years, with the national treasure, the first silk weaving and embroidery exhibition of Shangbo and the spread of silk in film and television drama works, the non-genetic inheritors of silk represented by Mr. Wang Jinshan and his students are gradually understood by everyone, and Fan Yuming is also one of the leaders. Recently, Fan Yuming brought nearly 50 masterpieces of silk calligraphy and painting art to an exhibition on the second floor of the West Second Hall of the Shanghai Exhibition Center. For more than 20 years, a wisp of danqing has been painted in a shuttle between the vertical and horizontal lines, showing the color of silk weaving and the rhyme of ink literati from different angles and themes.
Pictured: Official picture of the event site
Silk is known as "an inch of silk and an inch of gold, the saint of weaving". In the Tang Dynasty, silk fabrics were first seen, and they were mainly decorated with narrow strips of daily practicality. By the Song Dynasty, the silk reeling process and the art of calligraphy and painting were skillfully combined, gradually transitioning from practical to purely appreciated works of art, and entering a climax.
As a representative of domestic silk collection and academic research, Gao Chunming, president of the Shanghai Intangible Cultural Heritage Association, talked about the relationship with silk for more than 30 years, and the collection road of silk, the memories of recreating the dragon robe of the Forbidden City with Wang Jinshan in his early years, and the series of silk qipao cooperated with contemporary artist Mr. Chen Jialing are all admirable; the book "Splendid Articles" cooperated with Yuan Yinchang in the early years is one of the essential professional books for industry research.
Illustration: Fan Yuming's works Official picture (the same below)
Mr. Li Lei, an artist who was the executive director of the China Art Palace (Shanghai Art Museum), put forward three suggestions for the development of silk reeling skills, among which the experts present resonated with the need to integrate contemporary aesthetics and design into traditional elements, increase its functionality, so that more people can use the niche element of silk, and can create a unique "sense of ceremony" that belongs to the Chinese, retaining the cultural heritage while having young vitality.
As a leading representative of Chinese book design, Teacher Yuan Yinchang attaches great importance to the beauty of design, he mentioned: "I like the design of atmospheric simplicity and exquisite details, I have always liked silk, how to integrate this element of silk with art to form a new work in the future, is a direction that I find very interesting, how to do subtraction in traditional exquisite skills, and how to do beauty, is a new topic when we do design." ”
Finally, Fan Yuming talked about the experience of making silk for more than 20 years, from the little bits and pieces of learning art with Teacher Wang Jinshan when he was young, the academic depth of reproducing museum-level silk fabrics such as Dingling, to the Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts to study fiber art and explore innovative thinking, it is a slow but fulfilling process, for the future, his vision is only one: how to truly pass on the ancient art of silk in his hands. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Xu Yisheng)