Eve. Cobblee
Liu Youju was presented at the Centre Pompidou, the first time a Chinese painter had been presented at the Centre Pompidou. This is probably why the audience participated so enthusiastically in the exhibition and lecture of artist Liu Youju held on October 24, 2017. The audience for lectures is mainly carefully selected art professionals: museum curators, art critics, gallerists and art lovers who frequently visit exhibitions and galleries
The theme of the seminar is "Painting from a Cross perspective". Rémy Aron, a well-known French painter and expert on Sino-French art exchanges who frequently visits China and maintains close relations with Chinese artists, Yves Kobry, a French art historian and art critic, and of course Liu Youju himself, who was the host of the workshop.
Remy Ayron describes his personal artistic journey, speaking briefly about the Chinese tradition of painting and stressing the importance of maintaining artistic skills and traditions in France.
Yves Cobbley describes the influence of Eastern painting on Western painting from Monet onwards, especially on Abstract Expressionism after World War II, as well as on the abstract landscape painters of the New York and Paris Schools. He emphasized the dual relationship between the Parisian and New York schools of interaction and parallel development.
The painter Liu Youju recounts his development from poet to calligrapher to oil painter. He finally realized the summation between the Chinese artistic tradition inherited through calligraphy and Western art. He created the concept of "illusion art" from the height of human nature and universality, and advocated breaking through the constraints of regional and academic boundaries, hoping to bring greater freedom of artistic creation to the world.
After the workshop, all the audience gathered with the artist, and at the cocktail party, they enjoyed the exhibition of the artist's work and asked the artist a series of questions of enthusiasm, humor and kindness.
Yves Kobry, (French) art critic, member of the International Council of Art Critics (AICA) (10 members worldwide), senior curator of Pompidou. (Written by Yves Kobry) (Translated by Liu Zhongjun)
Liu Youjou at the Centre Pompidou This is the first time that a Chinese painter has been presented individually at the Centre Pompidou. This is probably the reason why the public came in such large numbers to attend the conference of October 24, 2017 that accompanied and introduced the presentation of the work of the artist Liu Youjou. A selected audience, composed of art professionals: museum curators, critics, gallery owners, as well as art lovers who regularly attend exhibitions and galleries.
This conference or round table entitled? Crossed views on painting? brought together Rémy Aron, a renowned French painter, specialist in Franco-Chinese artistic relations who regularly travels to China where he meets many artists, Yves Kobry, a French art historian and critic as well as Liu Youjou himself, master of ceremonies. Rémy Aron described his personal journey as an artist, evoked the traditions of Chinese painting and insisted on the preservation of artistic know-how in this country. Yves Kobry described the influence of Far Eastern painting on Western painting since Monet and more particularly its influence on abstract expressionism and abstract landscape of the New York School and the School of Paris after the Second World War by insisting on the interaction between these two schools of painting that evolved in parallel. Liu Youjou described his artistic itinerary from poetry and calligraphy before practicing oil painting, achieving a synthesis between Chinese art inherited from calligraphy and Western art. He developed his design of a ? illusionist art? with a humanist and universalist vocation that proposes to go beyond regionalist and academic traditions by claiming a freedom of creation open to the world. After which, the public was able to discover around a cocktail the work of the artist who beset with questions answered with warmth, humor and kindness. Yves Kobry Art Critic, member of the IAIS (International Association of Art Critics)