Exhibition News | "Return to the Original Restoration - Small-Scale Printmaking Works Exhibition" Works Appreciation (2)

Return to the original restoration - exhibition of small-scale prints

Exhibition time: 2022.01.09—2022.02.20

Venue: New Museum of Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum (No. 333 Changjiang Road, Nanjing)

Organizer: Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum

Organizer: Key Laboratory of Watermark Printmaking Materials and Technology Research, Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Jiangsu Printmaking Institute

List of participating artists

An Yinan, Chen Xingye, Chen Yuxi, Cai Hongmei, Cong Wei, Du Yang, Feng Tao, Feng Yixuan, Gu Qin, Guo Tongtong, Han Dong, He Xiaoqing, Hu Linhong, Huang Wei, Kuang Yongqiu, Li Xiaoguang, Li Ying, Liao Qinlan, Liu Tongbin, Liu Zixu, Long Heng, Qi Geng, Sha Hongbo, Shi Kun, Shi Rui, Sun Wenye, Sun Wenguan, Tao Lan, Tao Yaqing, Tao Yu, Wan Ziliang, Wang Jianfei, Wang Qing, Wang Shumin, Wang Shuai, Wang Yong, Wu Xiang, Wu Yang, Xie Mei, Xing Sidong, Xu Houqiang, Yang Chunhua, Yu Wufeng, Yuan Peng, Yuan Yan, Zhang Fang, Zhang Yu, Zhang Bing, Zhang Chao, Zhang Lei, Zhang Peng, Zhang Tianxing, Zhang Wei, Zhang Xiaoying, Zhang Yu, Zhang Shuixiong, Zheng Kaidi, Zheng Xiaochun, Zhou Jianjun, Zhou Junya, Zhou Qing, Zhu Jianhui, Zhu Juan'an

Preface

To use the definition of "small scale" is to compare those large paintings, for different purposes, to emphasize a certain painting point of view or proposition, whatever it is for, and must rely on a large space to make a fuss. Small paintings are different, as soon as the space is small, the responsibility is reduced, and the attention of a small painting must be concentrated. What can be expressed must also be concentrated, and there is no time to do those things that are broken. There is not much interference, there is no worldly ambition, but only concerned with doing the essence of painting well. For example, some interesting combinations or vivid language methods, or maybe just some traces of touch can also be played, small paintings are like an artist's paradise.

The small scale is limited by space, can not carry much mission, but also put an end to a lot of worldly distractions, condensed the expressiveness of the painting language, and obtained a very high quality of expression characteristics. Undoubtedly, this is also a very rewarding painting experience.

Small scales will be very simple from content to expression, but this simplicity can have many variables, and these painting games are very nourishing. Everyone will continue to improve their understanding of painting in various experiments, and small paintings are for the grinding of quality, and the experience they get will be exempt from the world.

Judging the quality of the painting, naturally can not be measured by a ruler, the quality of the work should be related to whether the painter is excellent, and there are also more good paintings in history. Just to talk about things at the moment, the big paintings mostly have their own utilitarianisms, use large spaces to strengthen their own style characteristics, show their artistic views, and express their ambitions with scales. So there will be people willing to make small paintings and express themselves easily and simply. The painting process without heavy burden is like drifting in the air, abnormal joy, this kind of enjoyment that is close to depravity, giving birth to a very beautiful imagination, and striving to be perfect in a very simple way, small paintings are the hotbeds of painting art.

Monday clear

Showroom scene

Appreciation of some of the works on display

Wang Jianfei Mountain Villa Late Autumn Chromatic Woodcut

Wang Jianfei Taihu Lake overlooks chromatic woodcuts

Wang Qing Untitled Series 1 on paper

Wang Qing Untitled Series 2 on paper

Wang Shumin Selfie Series 1 on Paper

Wang Shumin Selfie Series 3 on Paper

Wang Shuai Dream (II) Watermark woodcut

Wang Shuai Damei Qidong No. 7 Poly Grand Theater Watermark woodcut

Wang Yong Old Philadelphia Pencil on Paper

Wang Yong Small Theater Pencil on paper

Wu wants lambs copper plate

Wu wants pelican copper plate

Wu Yang between series 2 acrylic on paper

Wu Yang between series 4 acrylic on paper

Xie Mei Chenren on paper

Xie Mei Dongren on paper

Xing Sidong Untitled Album Page

Xu Houqiang looked for the light no1 copper plate

Xu Houqiang searched for the light no2 copper plate

Yang Chunhua Good People On Paper

Yang Chunhua Cat Fat Home Run on paper

Yu Wufeng The same blue two watermark woodcut

Yu Wufeng The same blue five watermark woodcut

Yuan Peng No1 mimeograph woodcut in motion

Yuan Peng No2 mimeograph woodcut in motion

Yuan Yan The Seventeenth book of the Flower Picking Series

Yuan Yanrui on paper

Zhang Chao blue no.3 on paper

Zhang Chao blue no.4 on paper

Zhang Fang One of the White Warbler Mountains Photography

Zhang Fang White Warbler Mountain No. 2 Photography

Zhang Lei Reclining Bird Walker Solo print

Zhang Lei's Family of Nocturnal Solo Prints

Zhang Peng Two-way foil series 1 Paper art

Zhang Peng Two-way Foil Series 2 Paper Art

Zhang Tianxing Frost Drop Lithography

Zhang Tianxing Wild Grass Lithography

Zhang Wei Around the corner met love mimeograph woodcut

Zhang Wei Right Guard Lone Riding Mimeograph Woodcut

Zhang Xiaoying LONG CHIAN wire mesh

Zhang Xiaoying LONG CHIAN2 wire mesh

Zhang Yu one of the true colors of paper

Zhang Yu is one of the self-made stone plates

Zhang Yu (Small) Winter in Buenos Aires Series 1 on paper

Zhang Yu (Small) Winter in Buenos Aires Series 2 on paper

Zhang Shuixiong one of the toppans

Zhang Shuixiong Park Small View Letterpress

Zheng Kaidi ox mimeograph woodcut

Zheng Kaidi empty mimeograph woodcut

Zheng Xiaochun Lin A copper plate

Zheng Xiaochun Wood copper plate

Zhou Jianjun Untitled Series 1 Acrylic on canvas

Zhou Jianjun One of the two fields acrylic on canvas

Zhou Junya Open 1 cardboard plain

Zhou Junya Open 4 cardboard plain

Monday Clear Lakeside Mimeograph Woodcut

Monday clear window mimeograph woodcut

Zhu Feng'an is one of the estrangement series woodcuts

Zhu Feng'an The third of the estrangement series Woodcut

Zhu Jianhui Traces three woodcuts

Zhu Jianhui Traces four woodcuts