On January 15th, the "Peak Road - Exploration and Research Exhibition on the FreehandNess of Contemporary Chinese Painting" sponsored by the Guangzhou Museum of Art and China Art News opened at the Guangzhou Museum of Art.
Exhibition site.
As the final exhibition of the "Peak Road" series launched by China Art News, the "Peak Road" exhibition in Guangzhou takes "freehand" as the research aspect, presenting the different generational characteristics of artists born from the 1930s to the 1970s in terms of "freehand" in Chinese painting. Through more than 220 works by a total of 75 artists, the exploration and experiment of "brush and ink" and "freehand" in Chinese painting are presented as a whole.
At the same time, as a research exhibition, "Peak Road" takes the creation of artists of different ages as the research object, starts with creation, systematically sorts out and summarizes the exploration of the freehandness of Chinese painting by three generations of old, middle-aged and young artists.
Cui Zhenkuan Mountain Stream 136cm × 68cm 2021
Chen Jialing West Lake View 96.5cm× 179.5cm×5 2021
The exhibition starts from different painting disciplines such as landscapes, flowers and birds, and figures, and divides the exhibition area according to the way of the painters, so as to present the freehand thinking of artists of different ages on Chinese painting and the exploration of contemporary Chinese painting towards the "peak".
Jiang Wenzhan Wing Goose 180cm×97cm 2021
Hu Zhengwei Children of the Prairie 136cm×68cm 2018
Shang Hui, academic host of the "Peak Road" series of exhibitions, director of the Art Theory Committee of the China Artists Association, and president and editor-in-chief of Fine Arts Magazine, introduced that "freehand" is the basic feature and even the essential feature of Chinese painting.
Wang Youzheng Shaved head bearing figure 136cm× 68cm 2020
Guo Shifu Four Seasons Chart Series 136cm×17cm×4 2021
"However, the so-called 'freehand' of Chinese painting today points to the concept opposite of the 'realism' of Western painting, that is, all non-realistic paintings may be regarded as freehand." Shang Hui said, "This makes some contemporary painters only understand the 'freehandness' of Chinese painting as a kind of pan-calligraphic pen feature, but the traditional literati are actually against this sloppy." ”
Cheng Zhenguo Gorge River Old Tour 136cm× 68cm 2021
Wang Saikyo Nippori Shutake 136cm×68cm 2018
Chen Yongjun Color upright straight kapok male 136cm×68cm 2017
In Shang Hui's view, the reason why the exhibition talks about the topic of "freehand" is because the current Chinese painting needs us to explore what China's "freehand" is through the question, so that we can absorb the nutrients of foreign art while also inheriting and carrying forward the traditions of the Chinese nation.
Feng Dazhong First month rise 180.5cm× 96.5cm 2014
Zheng Baizhong, One Night Rain in the Mountains, 136cm×68cm, 2017
According to the organizers, "Peak Road" is an important exhibition brand activity launched by China Art News, the purpose of which is to discuss the problems existing in the development of Chinese painting and how to climb the "peak" in view of the current situation of "plateau" and lack of "peak" in art creation. At the same time, the dissolution of "pen and ink" into "freehand" to carry out a broader integration of the two is also the purpose and significance of this exhibition.
Group photo of the guests at the opening ceremony.
During the "Peak Road" exhibition of the Guangzhou Museum of Art, China Art News also invited participating artists and experts and scholars to conduct exhibition tours and send "blessings" to the Spring Festival to deepen the audience's understanding of contemporary Chinese painting.
The exhibition will run until February 7.
[Reporter] Guan Yuqing
【Photo】Courtesy of the organizer
【Author】 Guan Yuqing
【Source】 Southern Press Media Group South + client